Pou 3 (1-03) Turkey Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released January 14, 2003, 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 January 1 Down 4 Percent Turkey eggs in incubators on January 1, 2003, in the United States totaled 30.9 million, down 4 percent from January 1 a year ago. Eggs in incubators were 3 percent below the December 1 total of 30.1 million. Regional changes from the previous year were: East North Central, up slightly; West North Central, up 2 percent; North and South Atlantic, down 8 percent; South Central, down 18 percent; and West, down 3 percent. Poults Placed During December Down 1 Percent From Last Year The 24.2 million poults placed during December 2002 in the United States were down 1 percent from the number placed during the same month a year ago. Placements were up 1 percent from the November 2002 total of 24.0 million. Regional changes from the previous year were: East North Central, up slightly; West North Central, up 3 percent; North and South Atlantic, up 3 percent; South Central, down 23 percent; and West, down 12 percent. Turkey Hatchery Production: Monthly Poult Placements, United States, 2001-03 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total All : Percent : Cumulative : Percent : Breeds : of : Total : of Month :-------------------------:Previous :-------------------------:Previous : 2001-02 : 2002-03 : Year : 2001-02 : 2002-03 : Year -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ 1,000 ------ Percent ------- 1,000 ------ Percent : Sep : 22,414 22,670 101 22,414 22,670 101 Oct : 24,128 23,811 99 46,542 46,481 100 Nov : 24,226 23,987 99 70,768 70,468 100 Dec : 24,499 24,188 99 95,267 94,656 99 Jan : 25,880 121,147 Feb : 24,266 145,413 Mar : 25,746 171,159 Apr : 26,184 197,343 May : 25,551 222,894 Jun : 24,409 247,303 Jul : 25,646 272,949 Aug : 24,924 297,873 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Excludes exported poults. Eggs in Incubators: First of Month by Region and United States, January 2003 with Comparisons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of:Percent of Geographic : Jan 1 : Dec 1 : Jan 1 : Previous : Previous Division : 2002 : 2002 : 2003 : Year : Month -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------- 1,000 ------------ --- Percent -- : E N Central : 4,839 4,656 4,860 100 104 W N Central : 11,282 11,185 11,494 102 103 N & S Atlantic : 10,149 9,511 9,363 92 98 S Central : 3,240 2,589 2,650 82 102 West : 2,616 2,148 2,539 97 118 : US : 32,126 30,089 30,906 96 103 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. Poults Placements: Entire Month by Region and United States, December 2002 with Comparisons 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of:Percent of Geographic : Dec : Nov : Dec : Previous : Previous Division : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 : Year : Month -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------- 1,000 ------------- --- Percent -- : E N Central : 3,646 3,634 3,653 100 101 W N Central : 8,671 8,788 8,929 103 102 N & S Atlantic : 7,649 7,470 7,907 103 106 S Central : 2,695 2,426 2,088 77 86 West : 1,838 1,669 1,611 88 97 : US : 24,499 23,987 24,188 99 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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 20 States. An attempt is made to collect hatchery information from all known hatcheries in these 20 monthly States. Approximately 40 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, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, 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 February 12, 2003. 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