Pou 3 (10-01) Turkey Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released October 12, 2001, 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 October 1 Up 3 Percent From Last Year Turkey eggs in incubators on October 1, 2001, in the United States totaled 30.4 million, up 3 percent from October 1 a year ago. Eggs in incubators were up 1 percent from the September 1 total of 30.0 million. Regional changes from the previous year were: East North Central, up 2 percent; West North Central, up 14 percent; North and South Atlantic, down 3 percent; South Central, down 3 percent; and West, down 6 percent. Poults Placed During September Down 3 Percent From Last Year The 22.4 million poults placed during September 2001 in the United States were down 3 percent from the number placed during the same month a year ago. Placements were down 10 percent from the August 2001 total of 25.0 million. Regional changes from the previous year were: East North Central, down 1 percent; West North Central, down 6 percent; North and South Atlantic, up 5 percent; South Central, down 7 percent; and West, down 14 percent. Turkey Hatchery Production: Monthly Poult Placements, United States, 2000-02 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total All : Percent : Cumulative : Percent : Breeds : of : Total : of Month :-------------------------:Previous :-------------------------:Previous : 2000-01 : 2001-02 : Year : 2000-01 : 2001-02 : Year -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ 1,000 ------ Percent ------- 1,000 ------ Percent : Sep : 23,016 22,415 97 23,016 22,415 97 Oct : 23,672 46,688 Nov : 23,357 70,045 Dec : 23,297 93,342 Jan : 25,612 118,954 Feb : 23,775 142,729 Mar : 26,148 168,877 Apr : 25,858 194,735 May : 26,697 221,432 Jun : 26,021 247,453 Jul : 27,046 274,499 Aug : 25,012 299,511 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Excludes exported poults. Eggs in Incubators: First of Month by Region and United States, October 2001 with Comparisons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of:Percent of Geographic : Oct 1 : Sep 1 : Oct 1 : Previous : Previous Division : 2000 : 2001 : 2001 : Year : Month -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------- 1,000 ------------ --- Percent -- : E N Central : 4,874 4,787 4,954 102 103 W N Central : 9,469 *9,796 10,792 114 110 N & S Atlantic : 9,594 9,699 9,343 97 96 S Central : 3,107 *3,002 3,026 97 101 West : 2,416 *2,666 2,280 94 86 : US : 29,460 *29,950 30,395 103 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. Poults Placements: Entire Month by Region and United States, September 2001 with Comparisons 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of:Percent of Geographic : Sep : Aug : Sep : Previous : Previous Division : 2000 : 2001 : 2001 : Year : Month -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------- 1,000 ------------ --- Percent -- : E N Central : 3,224 3,605 3,178 99 88 W N Central : 7,958 *8,527 7,517 94 88 N & S Atlantic : 7,159 8,370 7,508 105 90 S Central : 2,546 2,429 2,374 93 98 West : 2,129 *2,081 1,838 86 88 : US : 23,016 *25,012 22,415 97 90 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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. 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. The next "Turkey Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on November 14, 2001. 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