Pou 3 (3-05) Turkey Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released March 14, 2005, 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 March 1 Down 6 Percent Turkey eggs in incubators on March 1, 2005, in the United States totaled 27.9 million, 6 percent below March 1 a year ago. Eggs in incubators were 3 percent above the February 1, 2005 total of 27.0 million eggs. Regional changes from the previous year were: East North Central down 11 percent, West North Central down 2 percent, North and South Atlantic down 10 percent, South Central down 16 percent, and West up 12 percent. Poults Placed During February Down 7 Percent From Last Year The 21.3 million poults placed during February 2005 in the United States were down 7 percent from the number placed during the same month a year ago. Placements were down 3 percent from January 2005. Regional changes from the previous year were: East North Central up 7 percent, West North Central down 9 percent, North and South Atlantic down 8 percent, South Central down 13 percent, and West down 11 percent. Turkey Hatchery Production: Monthly Poult Placements, United States, 2003-05 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total All : Percent : Cumulative : Percent : Breeds : of : Total : of Month :-------------------------:Previous :-------------------------:Previous : 2003-04 : 2004-05 : Year : 2003-04 : 2004-05 : Year -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ 1,000 ------ Percent ------- 1,000 ------ Percent : Sep : 22,171 21,268 96 22,171 21,268 96 Oct : 22,805 20,806 91 44,976 42,074 94 Nov : 22,155 22,232 100 67,131 64,306 96 Dec : 23,424 22,205 95 90,555 86,511 96 Jan : 23,273 *21,887 94 113,828 108,398 95 Feb : 22,905 21,321 93 136,733 129,719 95 Mar : 24,215 160,948 Apr : 24,664 185,612 May : 23,692 209,304 Jun : 23,291 232,595 Jul : 25,013 257,608 Aug : 23,674 281,282 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. 1/ Excludes exported poults. Eggs in Incubators: First of Month by Region and United States, March 2005 with Comparisons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of:Percent of Geographic : Mar 1 : Feb 1 : Mar 1 : Previous : Previous Division : 2004 : 2005 : 2005 : Year : Month -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------- 1,000 ------------- --- Percent -- : E N Central : 5,059 4,604 4,517 89 98 W N Central : 11,131 *10,337 10,938 98 106 N & S Atlantic : 8,747 *7,836 7,879 90 101 S Central : 2,504 *2,025 2,111 84 104 West : 2,172 2,213 2,435 112 110 : US : 29,613 *27,015 27,880 94 103 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. Poults Placements: Entire Month by Region and United States, February 2005 with Comparisons 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of:Percent of Geographic : Feb : Jan : Feb : Previous : Previous Division : 2004 : 2005 : 2005 : Year : Month -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------- 1,000 ------------ --- Percent -- : E N Central : 3,118 3,353 3,339 107 100 W N Central : 9,119 8,298 8,316 91 100 N & S Atlantic : 6,826 *6,667 6,275 92 94 S Central : 1,836 1,653 1,599 87 97 West : 2,006 1,916 1,792 89 94 : US : 22,905 *21,887 21,321 93 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 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. However, they may be subject to errors such as omission, duplication, and mistakes in reporting, recording, and processing the data. 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