Pou 3 (4-05) Turkey Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released April 13, 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 April 1 Down 4 Percent From Last Year Turkey eggs in incubators on April 1, 2005, in the United States totaled 29.1 million, 4 percent below April 1 a year ago. Eggs in incubators were 4 percent above the March 1, 2005 total of 28.1 million eggs. Regional changes from the previous year were: East North Central down slightly, West North Central down 1 percent, North and South Atlantic down 11 percent, South Central down 13 percent, and West up 11 percent. Poults Placed During March Down 3 Percent From Last Year The 23.4 million poults placed during March 2005 in the United States were down 3 percent from the number placed during the same month a year ago. Placements were up 10 percent from February 2005. Regional changes from the previous year were: East North Central down 8 percent, West North Central up 1 percent, North and South Atlantic down 8 percent, South Central down 14 percent, and West up 15 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 23,376 97 160,948 153,095 95 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, April 2005 with Comparisons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of:Percent of Geographic : Apr 1 : Mar 1 : Apr 1 : Previous : Previous Division : 2004 : 2005 : 2005 : Year : Month -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------- 1,000 ------------ --- Percent -- : E N Central : 4,772 4,517 4,758 100 105 W N Central : 11,025 10,938 10,893 99 100 N & S Atlantic : 9,644 7,879 8,543 89 108 S Central : 2,475 *2,282 2,152 87 94 West : 2,447 2,435 2,713 111 111 : US : 30,363 *28,051 29,059 96 104 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. Poults Placements: Entire Month by Region and United States, March 2005 with Comparisons 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of:Percent of Geographic : Mar : Feb : Mar : Previous : Previous Division : 2004 : 2005 : 2005 : Year : Month -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------- 1,000 ------------ --- Percent -- : E N Central : 3,708 3,339 3,420 92 102 W N Central : 9,139 8,316 9,257 101 111 N & S Atlantic : 7,621 6,275 6,989 92 111 S Central : 2,056 1,599 1,758 86 110 West : 1,691 1,792 1,952 115 109 : US : 24,215 21,321 23,376 97 110 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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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