Pou 3 (8-98) Turkey Hatchery National Agricultur al Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released August 13, 1998, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Turkey Hatchery" call Jim Brewster at (202) 720-8784, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Eggs in Incubators on August 1 Down 10 Percent Turkey eggs in incubators on August 1, 1998, in the United States totaled 31.6 million, down 10 percent from August 1 a year ago. Eggs in incubators were down 7 percent from the July 1 total of 34.1 million. Regional changes from the previous year were: E N Central, up 1 percent; W N Central, down 8 percent; N & S Atlantic, down 17 percent; S Central, down 7 percent; and West, down 8 percent. Poults Placed During July Down 13 Percent The 26.2 million poults placed during July 1998 in the United States were down 13 percent from the placements during the same month a year ago. Placements were down 3 percent from the June 1998 total of 27.0 million. Regional changes from the previous year were: E N Central, down 3 percent; W N Central, down 6 percent; N & S Atlantic, down 25 percent; S Central, down 16 percent; and West, down 8 percent. Turkey Hatchery Production: Monthly Poult Placements, United States, 1996-98 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total All : Percent : Cumulative : Percent : Breeds : of : Total : of Month :-------------------------:Previous :-------------------------:Previous : 1996-97 : 1997-98 : Year : 1996-97 : 1997-98 : Year -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ 1,000 ------ Percent ------- 1,000 ------ Percent : Sep : 24,154 23,907 99 24,154 23,907 99 Oct : 25,354 24,587 97 49,508 48,494 98 Nov : 23,830 23,281 98 73,338 71,775 98 Dec : 27,119 25,711 95 100,457 97,486 97 Jan : 27,121 26,240 97 127,578 123,726 97 Feb : 27,145 25,093 92 154,723 148,819 96 Mar : 27,610 26,362 95 182,333 175,181 96 Apr : 28,220 25,747 91 210,553 200,928 95 May : 29,111 25,677 88 239,664 226,605 95 Jun : 28,381 *26,974 95 268,045 253,579 95 Jul : 30,092 26,160 87 298,137 279,739 94 Aug : 26,321 324,458 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. 1/ Excludes exported poults. Eggs in Incubators: First of Month by Region and United States, August 1998 with Comparisons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of:Percent of Geographic : Aug 1 : Jul 1 : Aug 1 : Previous : Previous Division : 1997 : 1998 : 1998 : Year : Month -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------- 1,000 ------------ --- Percent -- : E N Central : 4,885 5,251 4,927 101 94 W N Central : 10,716 11,133 9,881 92 89 N & S Atlantic : 11,523 *9,621 9,547 83 99 S Central : 3,974 3,547 3,685 93 104 West : 3,858 4,565 3,541 92 78 : US : 34,956 *34,117 31,581 90 93 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. Poults Placements: Entire Month by Region and United States, July 1998 with Comparisons 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of:Percent of Geographic : Jul : Jun : Jul : Previous : Previous Division : 1997 : 1998 : 1998 : Year : Month -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------- 1,000 ------------ -- Percent -- : E N Central : 3,893 3,610 3,783 97 105 W N Central : 9,104 9,055 8,566 94 95 N & S Atlantic : 10,005 8,777 7,533 75 86 S Central : 3,320 *2,714 2,805 84 103 West : 3,770 2,818 3,473 92 123 : US : 30,092 *26,974 26,160 87 97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. 1/ Regional placements refer to poults placed from hatcheries located in that region, and not the actual location of the birds after placement. Turkey Hatchery Production 1997 and Revised 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : United States : East : West :North & : : :--------------------------: North : North : South : South : West Month : : :1998 As:Central : Central :Atlantic:Central : : 1997 : 1998 :Percent:-------------------------------------------- : : :Of 1997: 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Eggs in Incubators, First of Month :----- 1,000 ----- Percent ------------------ 1,000 ----------------- All : Breeds : Jan : 34,111 *32,926 97 4,542 9,860 11,489 3,922 *3,113 Feb : 35,683 33,404 94 4,703 9,427 11,730 4,023 3,521 Mar : 35,035 32,752 93 4,864 10,580 10,732 3,263 3,313 Apr : 37,214 *33,345 90 5,015 10,159 *11,001 3,478 3,692 May : 36,574 33,296 91 4,756 10,388 10,350 3,799 4,003 Jun : 36,859 33,779 92 5,006 11,122 10,546 3,398 3,707 Jul : 38,586 *34,117 88 5,251 11,133 *9,621 3,547 4,565 Aug : 34,956 31,581 90 4,927 9,881 9,547 3,685 3,541 Sep : 30,928 Oct : 31,878 Nov : 30,964 Dec : 32,074 : :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Poults Placed 1/ :----------------------------------------------------------------------- :----- 1,000 ----- Percent ------------------ 1,000 ----------------- All : Breeds : Jan : 27,121 26,240 97 3,437 7,885 9,151 3,421 2,346 Feb : 27,145 25,093 92 3,378 7,356 8,575 3,090 2,694 Mar : 27,610 26,362 95 3,543 8,648 8,816 2,851 2,504 Apr : 28,220 25,747 91 3,809 8,063 8,316 2,802 2,757 May : 29,111 25,677 88 3,454 8,063 8,090 2,998 3,072 Jun : 28,381 *26,974 95 3,610 9,055 8,777 *2,714 2,818 Jul : 30,092 26,160 87 3,783 8,566 7,533 2,805 3,473 Aug : 26,321 Sep : 23,907 Oct : 24,587 Nov : 23,281 Dec : 25,711 : Total : 321,487 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Regional placements refer to poults placed from hatcheries located in that region, and not the actual location of the birds after placement. Excludes exported poults. 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 23 States. An attempt is made to collect hatchery information from all known hatcheries in these 23 monthly States. Approximately 65 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 one State which reports 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. 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