Pou 3 (6-04) Turkey Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released June 14, 2004, 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 June 1 Down 10 Percent Turkey eggs in incubators on June 1, 2004, in the United States totaled 29.8 million, down 10 percent from June 1 a year ago. Eggs in incubators were slightly below the May 2004 total of 29.9 million eggs. Regional changes from the previous year were: East North Central down 12 percent, West North Central down 4 percent, North and South Atlantic down 13 percent, South Central down 4 percent, and West down 19 percent. Poults Placed During May Down 6 Percent From Last Year The 23.6 million poults placed during May 2004 in the United States were down 6 percent from the number placed during the same month a year ago. Placements were down 5 percent from the April 2004 total of 24.7 million. Regional changes from the previous year were: East North Central down 13 percent, West North Central down 7 percent, North and South Atlantic down 5 percent, South Central down 4 percent, and West up 3 percent. Turkey Hatchery Production: Monthly Poult Placements, United States, 2002-04 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total All : Percent : Cumulative : Percent : Breeds : of : Total : of Month :-------------------------:Previous :-------------------------:Previous : 2002-03 : 2003-04 : Year : 2002-03 : 2003-04 : Year -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ 1,000 ------ Percent ------- 1,000 ------ Percent : Sep : 22,670 22,171 98 22,670 22,171 98 Oct : 23,811 22,805 96 46,481 44,976 97 Nov : 23,987 22,155 92 70,468 67,131 95 Dec : 23,977 23,424 98 94,445 90,555 96 Jan : 25,389 23,273 92 119,834 113,828 95 Feb : 23,833 22,905 96 143,667 136,733 95 Mar : 24,902 24,215 97 168,569 160,948 95 Apr : 24,938 *24,666 99 193,507 185,614 96 May : 25,111 23,551 94 218,618 209,165 96 Jun : 25,422 244,040 Jul : 25,330 269,370 Aug : 24,036 293,406 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. 1/ Excludes exported poults. Eggs in Incubators: First of Month by Region and United States, June 2004 with Comparisons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of:Percent of Geographic : Jun 1 : May 1 : Jun 1 : Previous : Previous Division : 2003 : 2004 : 2004 : Year : Month -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------- 1,000 ------------ -- Percent -- : E N Central : 4,817 4,603 4,220 88 92 W N Central : 11,863 10,772 11,361 96 105 N & S Atlantic : 10,071 9,434 8,738 87 93 S Central : 2,559 2,255 2,462 96 109 West : 3,716 *2,807 3,024 81 108 : US : 33,026 *29,871 29,805 90 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. Poults Placements: Entire Month by Region and United States, May 2004 with Comparisons 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of:Percent of Geographic : May : Apr : May : Previous : Previous Division : 2003 : 2004 : 2004 : Year : Month -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------- 1,000 ------------ --- Percent -- : E N Central : 3,832 3,444 3,343 87 97 W N Central : 9,261 9,247 8,613 93 93 N & S Atlantic : 7,988 8,155 7,592 95 93 S Central : 1,944 1,972 1,860 96 94 West : 2,086 *1,848 2,143 103 116 : US : 25,111 *24,666 23,551 94 95 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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 18 States. An attempt is made to collect hatchery information from all known hatcheries in these 18 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. 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