HDR1012000150060614961500TURKEY HATCHERY Released June 14, 1996, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Turkey Hatchery" call James E. Brewster at (202) 720-8784, office hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. For assistance with general agricultural statistics, information about NASS, its products or services, contact the NASS Information Hotline at 1-800-727-9540 or E-mail: NASS@NASS.USDA.GOV. Eggs in Incubators on June 1 Down 1 Percent Turkey eggs in incubators on June 1, 1996, in the United States totaled 38.1 million, down 1 percent from June 1 a year ago. Eggs in incubators were up 3 percent from the revised May 1 total of 37.0 million. Regional percent changes from the previous year were: E N Central, up 2; W N Central, down 6, N & S Atlantic, up 1; S Central, up 2; and West, up 2. Poults Placed During May Up 1 Percent The 29.6 million poults placed during May 1996 in the United States were up 1 percent from the placements during the same month a year ago. Placements were down slightly from the revised April 1996 total of 29.7 million. Regional percent changes from the previous year were: E N Central, down 1; W N Central, down 2; N & S Atlantic, up 3; S Central, up 1; and West, up 1. Pou 3 (6-96) Turkey Hatchery Production: Monthly Poult Placements, United States, 1994-96 1/ 2/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total All : Percent : Cumulative : Percent : Breeds : of : Total : of Month :---------------------: Previous:-----------------------: Previous : 1994-95 : 1995-96 : Year : 1994-95 : 1995-96 : Year ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -- 1,000 -- Percent --- 1,000 --- Percent : Sep : 23,920 23,070 96 23,920 23,070 96 Oct : 23,517 24,868 106 47,437 47,938 101 Nov : 24,697 24,438 99 72,134 72,376 100 Dec : 25,621 25,144 98 97,755 97,520 100 Jan : 27,024 27,550 102 124,779 125,070 100 Feb : 25,904 27,549 106 150,683 152,619 101 Mar : 28,524 27,949 98 179,207 180,568 101 Apr : 26,711 29,722 111 205,918 210,290 102 May : 29,476 29,630 101 235,394 239,920 102 Jun : 29,986 265,380 Jul : 29,013 294,393 Aug : 26,596 320,989 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ 1995 data include revisions published in Hatchery Production 1995 Summary. 2/ Excludes exported poults. Eggs in Incubators: First of Month by Region and United States, June 1996 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Percent of Geographic : Jun 1 : May 1 : Jun 1 : Previous : Previous Division : 1995 : 1996 : 1996 : Year : Month ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------- 1,000 ------- ---- Percent ---- : E N Central : 5,029 5,235 5,137 102 98 W N Central : 11,603 10,182 10,908 94 107 N & S Atlantic : 13,279 13,268 13,385 101 101 S Central : 4,090 *4,208 4,182 102 99 West : 4,398 4,125 4,470 102 108 : US : 38,399 *37,018 38,082 99 103 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Poult Placements: Entire Month by Region and United States, May 1996 with Comparisons 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Percent of Geographic : May : Apr : May : Previous : Previous Division : 1995 : 1996 : 1996 : Year : Month ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------- 1,000 ------- ---- Percent ---- : E N Central : 3,852 3,869 3,814 99 99 W N Central : 8,652 8,800 8,460 98 96 N & S Atlantic : 10,285 10,503 10,583 103 101 S Central : 3,387 *3,228 3,428 101 106 West : 3,300 3,322 3,345 101 101 : US : 29,476 *29,722 29,630 101 100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised 1/ Regional placements refer to poults placed from hatcheries located in that region, and not the actual location of the birds after placement. Regional Listing: North Atlantic = CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT. E North Central = IL, IN, MI, OH, WI. W North Central = IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD. South Atlantic = DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV. South Central = AL, AR, KY, LA, MS, OK, TN, TX. West = AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY. Turkey Hatchery Estimates Data Sources: Primary data for the "Turkey Hatchery" report are collected from weekly and/or monthly questionnaires sent to turkey hatcheries in 19 States. An attempt is made to collect hatchery information from all known hatcheries in these 19 monthly States. Approximately 64 hatcheries are contacted each month. Revisions: Revisions are generally the result of late or corrected data and are usually less than 1 percent at the U.S. level. Revisions to the previous month are published in the monthly "Turkey Hatchery" report, while annual revisions are published in the "Hatchery Production - Annual Summary" report at the end of the marketing year. The annual report also includes data for six States which report on an annual basis only. Procedures and Reliability: Hatcheries are mailed a questionnaire and given adequate time to respond by mail. Those that do not respond by mail are called by phone. Diligent effort is made to ensure that all hatcheries are accounted for in the estimate. An allowance is made for all non-reporting hatcheries. Accumulated poult placements beginning on September 1 and ending on August 31 are shown in the monthly "Turkey Hatchery" report. This time period corresponds with the placements of poults which will reach maturity and be available for slaughter during the calendar year. Only regional and U.S. level estimates are published due to the limited number of hatcheries involved. Regional placement data in the report refer to placement of poults from hatcheries located in that region, not the actual location of the birds after placement. Poults exported out of the U.S. and poults imported from outside of the U.S. are not included in the report. Turkey hatchery estimates are based on a census of operating hatcheries and, therefore, have no sampling error. However, they may be subject to errors such as omission, duplication, and mistakes in reporting, recording, and processing the data. These errors are minimized through strict quality controls in the edit and summarization process, and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. States in the monthly estimating program are: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. The next "Turkey Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on July 15, 1996. 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