Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released February 19, 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 3 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 238 million eggs in incubators during the week ending February 15, 2020, up 3 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 81.7 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 Up 5 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 192 million chicks for meat production during the week ending February 15, 2020, up 5 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 4, 2020 through February 15, 2020 for the United States were 1.34 billion. Cumulative placements were up 4 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January 11, : January 18, : January 25, : February 1, : February 8, :February 15, : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 34,108 34,156 34,255 33,619 34,263 33,376 Arkansas .....................: 23,992 24,038 23,378 23,550 23,688 23,490 Delaware .....................: 5,337 5,067 5,239 5,269 5,495 5,216 Florida ......................: 1,178 1,178 1,178 1,168 1,209 1,193 Georgia ......................: 35,006 35,102 35,549 35,214 35,004 35,119 Kentucky .....................: 7,910 7,944 7,989 7,905 7,864 7,882 Louisiana ....................: 3,740 3,819 3,864 3,879 3,879 3,835 Maryland .....................: 8,251 8,102 8,324 8,387 7,565 7,938 Mississippi ..................: 18,199 17,550 18,305 18,124 18,304 18,381 Missouri .....................: 8,905 8,646 8,914 8,778 8,949 8,660 : North Carolina ...............: 25,219 25,118 25,029 24,917 25,114 25,234 Oklahoma .....................: 7,521 7,572 7,837 7,756 7,507 7,464 Pennsylvania .................: 6,204 5,991 6,193 6,136 5,902 6,075 South Carolina ...............: 5,412 5,621 5,753 5,889 5,802 5,887 Texas ........................: 17,976 17,296 17,992 17,369 17,846 17,250 Virginia .....................: 6,453 6,454 6,453 6,469 6,508 6,512 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,821 12,916 13,269 13,044 13,312 12,921 : Other States .................: 11,136 10,880 10,791 10,843 11,008 11,259 : United States ................: 239,368 237,450 240,312 238,316 239,219 237,692 Percent of previous year .....: 105 104 105 104 105 103 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January 11, : January 18, : January 25, : February 1, : February 8, :February 15, : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 25,818 24,637 24,933 25,233 25,401 24,723 Arkansas .....................: 21,865 22,429 21,273 22,899 22,502 20,163 Delaware .....................: 5,105 4,926 4,930 5,516 5,325 5,694 Florida ......................: 1,336 1,362 1,296 1,245 1,287 1,282 Georgia ......................: 26,672 26,940 27,367 26,276 27,506 28,485 Kentucky .....................: 6,295 5,923 5,839 5,683 6,739 6,317 Louisiana ....................: 3,193 3,238 3,192 3,201 3,228 3,327 Maryland .....................: 6,569 6,293 5,781 4,877 5,625 5,445 Mississippi ..................: 15,811 15,116 15,507 15,472 14,999 15,369 Missouri .....................: 6,243 5,873 5,464 5,135 6,101 6,425 : North Carolina ...............: 20,434 20,216 18,609 20,820 19,970 20,110 Oklahoma .....................: 4,314 4,212 5,396 4,388 3,705 5,400 Pennsylvania .................: 4,461 4,434 4,419 4,418 4,364 4,473 South Carolina ...............: 4,907 5,134 5,402 4,680 4,521 4,982 Texas ........................: 14,629 14,729 14,423 14,640 13,842 14,373 Virginia .....................: 4,898 5,106 5,598 6,402 5,916 5,897 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 10,080 12,028 10,609 12,030 11,203 11,575 : Other States .................: 8,169 8,596 8,905 8,834 8,289 8,138 : United States ................: 190,799 191,192 188,943 191,749 190,523 192,178 Percent of previous year .....: 104 104 103 104 104 105 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. 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