Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released October 14, 2020, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Broiler-Type Eggs Set in the United States Up 2 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 224 million eggs in incubators during the week ending October 10, 2020, up 2 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 82.3 percent. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier. Broiler-Type Chicks Placed in the United States Down 3 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 177 million chicks for meat production during the week ending October 10, 2020, down 3 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 4, 2020 through October 10, 2020 for the United States were 7.61 billion. Cumulative placements were down 1 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :September 5, :September 12,:September 19,:September 26,: October 3, : October 10, : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 32,256 32,241 31,581 32,262 31,089 31,870 Arkansas .....................: 23,173 22,272 22,832 23,763 23,112 22,050 Delaware .....................: 4,797 4,796 4,015 4,797 4,796 4,789 Florida ......................: 1,163 1,163 1,163 1,163 1,209 1,209 Georgia ......................: 33,198 33,574 32,265 33,573 32,427 32,993 Kentucky .....................: 7,771 6,698 7,112 7,372 7,710 7,028 Louisiana ....................: 3,319 3,067 3,409 3,288 3,288 3,288 Maryland .....................: 8,145 7,111 7,638 7,901 7,631 7,631 Mississippi ..................: 16,016 16,325 16,240 16,812 15,614 16,123 Missouri .....................: 8,851 8,825 8,029 8,299 8,521 8,938 : North Carolina ...............: 22,628 22,965 22,856 23,813 23,016 22,673 Oklahoma .....................: 6,747 7,325 6,523 7,192 6,331 6,451 Pennsylvania .................: 6,360 6,326 6,339 6,222 6,091 6,304 South Carolina ...............: 5,265 5,754 5,774 5,253 5,339 5,360 Texas ........................: 16,100 16,820 16,589 16,434 16,039 16,601 Virginia .....................: 6,005 6,021 5,847 6,320 5,601 6,320 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,346 12,772 11,408 12,282 12,015 12,237 : Other States .................: 11,275 11,383 11,358 10,495 10,681 11,757 : United States ................: 225,415 225,438 220,978 227,241 220,510 223,622 Percent of previous year .....: 100 101 97 100 100 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :September 5, :September 12,:September 19,:September 26,: October 3, : October 10, : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 23,969 24,288 24,782 23,215 23,809 22,694 Arkansas .....................: 21,396 21,545 21,893 20,990 20,920 21,642 Delaware .....................: 4,407 5,010 4,213 5,417 5,088 4,383 Florida ......................: 1,310 1,304 1,298 1,281 1,279 1,219 Georgia ......................: 27,377 26,217 25,807 25,765 26,170 25,357 Kentucky .....................: 5,758 5,880 6,240 6,831 5,299 6,031 Louisiana ....................: 2,829 2,933 2,957 2,960 2,782 3,081 Maryland .....................: 6,581 5,312 5,779 5,198 5,505 5,723 Mississippi ..................: 14,576 14,406 14,153 13,676 13,929 13,839 Missouri .....................: 5,874 5,641 6,312 5,874 6,455 5,406 : North Carolina ...............: 20,008 19,508 19,394 18,399 18,214 17,930 Oklahoma .....................: 4,840 4,896 4,335 4,493 3,781 3,111 Pennsylvania .................: 4,886 4,839 4,825 4,825 4,802 4,776 South Carolina ...............: 4,354 5,680 5,219 4,690 5,197 5,165 Texas ........................: 14,465 14,472 13,864 13,365 13,677 13,391 Virginia .....................: 5,126 5,651 5,360 5,417 4,846 5,063 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 10,424 10,909 11,383 10,599 11,375 9,864 : Other States .................: 8,532 8,347 8,482 8,469 8,764 8,659 : United States ................: 186,712 186,838 186,296 181,464 181,892 177,334 Percent of previous year .....: 99 100 100 99 101 97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Statistical Methodology Survey Procedures: Data for broiler hatchery estimates are collected weekly from all broiler-type hatcheries that hatch at least one million chicks a year. Individual NASS regional field offices maintain a list of all known hatcheries and update their lists on a continual basis. All hatcheries that meet the minimum size criteria are given adequate time to respond to the weekly survey. Those that do not respond are contacted by telephone. The weekly United States total for chicks placed includes states receiving greater than 500,000 chicks annually for grow-out. Estimating Procedures: All data are analyzed for unusual values. Data from each operation are compared to their own past operating profile and to trends from similar operations. Data for missing operations are estimated based on similar operations or historical data. NASS regional field offices prepare these estimates by using a combination of survey indications and historic trends. Individual State estimates are reviewed by the Agricultural Statistics Board for reasonableness. Revision Policy: Revisions are generally the result of late or corrected data. Revisions made to the previous five-week's data during the current week are published in this report. Final estimates are published in the annual Hatchery Production Summary released in April. Reliability: Estimates are subject to errors such as omission, duplication, and mistakes in reporting, recording, and processing the data. While these errors cannot be measured directly, they are minimized through strict quality controls in the data collection process and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. Information Contacts Listed below are the commodity specialists in the Livestock Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. E-mail inquiries may be sent to nass@usda.gov Travis Averill, Chief, Livestock Branch ..................................... (202) 692-0069 Tony Dorn, Head, Poultry and Specialty Commodities Section .................. (202) 690-3223 Holly Brenize - Poultry Slaughter......................................... (202) 720-0585 Alissa Cowell-Mytar - Cold Storage, Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses .. (202) 720-4751 Liana Cuffman - Catfish and Trout, Mink, Census of Aquaculture ........... (202) 720-8784 Fatema Haque - Turkey Hatchery, Turkeys Raised ........................... (202) 720-3244 Derron Martin - Chicken Hatchery, Egg Products............................ (202) 690-3237 Adam Peters - Honey, Honey Bee Colonies .................................. (202) 690-4870 Autumn Stone - Layers, Eggs .............................................. (202) 690-3676 Takiyah Walker - Broiler Hatchery......................................... 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