Pou 3 (12-00) Turkey Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released December 13, 2000, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Turkey Hatchery" call John Lange at (202) 720-0585, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Eggs in Incubators on December 1 Down Slightly From Last Year Turkey eggs in incubators on December 1, 2000, in the United States totaled 30.5 million, down slightly from December 1 a year ago. Eggs in incubators were up 4 percent from the November 1 total of 29.3 million. Regional changes from the previous year were: East North Central, up 2 percent; West North Central, up 1 percent; North and South Atlantic, up 1 percent; South Central, down 17 percent; and West, up 11 percent. Poults Placed During November Down Slightly From Last Year The 23.4 million poults placed during November 2000 in the United States were down slightly from the number placed during the same month a year ago. Placements were down 1 percent from the October total of 23.7 million. Regional changes from the previous year were: East North Central, down 6 percent; West North Central, up 2 percent; North and South Atlantic, unchanged; South Central, down 6 percent; and West, up 8 percent. Turkey Hatchery Production: Monthly Poult Placements, United States, 1999-01 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total All : Percent : Cumulative : Percent : Breeds : of : Total : of Month :-------------------------:Previous :-------------------------:Previous : 1999-00 : 2000-01 : Year : 1999-00 : 2000-01 : Year -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ 1,000 ------ Percent ------- 1,000 ------ Percent : Sep : 21,794 23,016 106 21,794 23,016 106 Oct : 22,313 *23,672 106 44,107 46,688 106 Nov : 23,379 23,357 100 67,486 70,045 104 Dec : 24,358 91,844 Jan : 24,676 116,520 Feb : 24,197 140,717 Mar : 25,741 166,458 Apr : 25,094 191,552 May : *25,816 217,368 Jun : *26,880 244,248 Jul : *26,822 271,070 Aug : *24,731 295,801 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. 1/ Excludes exported poults. Eggs in Incubators: First of Month by Region and United States, December 2000 with Comparisons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of:Percent of Geographic : Dec 1 : Nov 1 : Dec 1 : Previous : Previous Division : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 : Year : Month -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------- 1,000 ------------- --- Percent -- : E N Central : 4,704 *4,698 4,805 102 102 W N Central : 10,563 *10,424 10,651 101 102 N & S Atlantic : 9,263 8,876 9,312 101 105 S Central : 3,622 3,066 3,023 83 99 West : 2,403 2,253 2,677 111 119 : US : 30,555 *29,317 30,468 100 104 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. Poults Placements: Entire Month by Region and United States, November 2000 with Comparisons 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of:Percent of Geographic : Nov : Oct : Nov : Previous : Previous Division : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 : Year : Month -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------- 1,000 ------------- --- Percent -- : E N Central : 3,497 *3,451 3,302 94 96 W N Central : 8,045 7,757 8,234 102 106 N & S Atlantic : 7,475 7,983 7,488 100 94 S Central : 2,689 2,586 2,527 94 98 West : 1,673 1,895 1,806 108 95 : US : 23,379 *23,672 23,357 100 99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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 1999 and Revised 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : United States : East : West :North & : : :--------------------------: North : North : South : South : West Month : : :2000 As:Central : Central :Atlantic:Central : : 1999 : 2000 :Percent:-------------------------------------------- : : :Of 1999: 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Eggs in Incubators, First of Month :----- 1,000 ----- Percent ------------------ 1,000 ----------------- All : Breeds : Jan : 31,588 31,203 99 4,816 10,134 9,733 3,374 3,146 Feb : 31,152 30,827 99 4,806 10,119 9,378 3,468 3,056 Mar : 32,638 31,084 95 4,764 10,452 9,375 3,356 3,137 Apr : 33,588 32,769 98 4,817 10,041 10,173 3,781 3,957 May : 33,396 31,779 95 4,634 10,185 10,075 3,336 3,549 Jun : 32,701 33,206 102 4,802 10,978 10,235 3,284 3,907 Jul : 33,782 33,970 101 4,755 10,996 9,831 3,577 4,811 Aug : 31,947 31,055 97 4,831 10,089 9,519 3,351 3,265 Sep : 28,687 30,287 106 4,664 10,325 9,164 3,219 2,915 Oct : 28,178 29,460 105 4,874 9,469 9,594 3,107 2,416 Nov : 29,189 29,317 100 4,698 10,424 8,876 3,066 2,253 Dec : 30,555 30,468 100 4,805 10,651 9,312 3,023 2,677 : :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Poults Placed 1/ :----------------------------------------------------------------------- :----- 1,000 ----- Percent ------------------ 1,000 ----------------- All : Breeds : Jan : 24,590 24,676 100 3,383 8,265 7,778 2,812 2,438 Feb : 23,722 24,197 102 3,438 8,126 7,480 2,805 2,348 Mar : 25,917 25,741 99 3,497 8,718 8,172 2,820 2,534 Apr : 26,817 25,094 94 3,282 7,880 8,082 2,925 2,925 May : 26,085 25,816 99 3,421 8,233 8,491 2,857 2,814 Jun : 25,621 26,880 105 3,509 9,056 8,569 2,848 2,898 Jul : 26,755 26,822 100 3,306 8,775 8,212 2,871 3,658 Aug : 24,755 24,731 100 3,442 7,921 8,222 2,692 2,454 Sep : 21,794 23,016 106 3,224 7,958 7,159 2,546 2,129 Oct : 22,313 23,672 106 3,451 7,757 7,983 2,586 1,895 Nov : 23,379 23,357 100 3,302 8,234 7,488 2,527 1,806 Dec : 24,358 : Total : 296,106 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Regional Listing: North Atlantic: CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT. East North Central: IL, IN, MI, OH, WI. West 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: AZ, CA, CO, 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 22 States. An attempt is made to collect hatchery information from all known hatcheries in these 22 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. 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, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. 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