Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released August 4, 2021, 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 5 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 239 million eggs in incubators during the week ending July 31, 2021, up 5 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 79.8 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 1 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 187 million chicks for meat production during the week ending July 31, 2021, up 1 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 9, 2021 through July 31, 2021 for the United States were 5.61 billion. Cumulative placements were up 1 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : June 26, : July 3, : July 10, : July 17, : July 24, : July 31, : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 33,001 32,605 32,963 32,944 33,609 33,110 Arkansas .....................: 24,369 24,949 25,041 24,768 25,137 24,479 Delaware .....................: 4,715 4,624 4,623 4,621 4,714 4,716 Florida ......................: 1,186 1,186 1,186 1,124 1,186 1,075 Georgia ......................: 34,176 33,923 35,184 34,233 34,973 35,120 Kentucky .....................: 7,949 7,428 7,979 7,773 7,931 8,015 Louisiana ....................: 3,351 3,319 3,319 3,290 3,192 3,168 Maryland .....................: 7,921 7,942 7,868 7,942 7,941 7,942 Mississippi ..................: 16,941 17,225 16,981 16,784 17,084 17,205 Missouri .....................: 9,596 9,674 9,436 9,389 9,610 9,370 : North Carolina ...............: 25,143 24,741 24,387 24,400 25,454 24,870 Oklahoma .....................: 7,644 7,937 7,664 7,690 7,623 7,375 Pennsylvania .................: 6,784 6,334 6,478 6,608 6,561 6,522 South Carolina ...............: 5,758 5,677 5,906 5,969 6,025 5,841 Texas ........................: 18,229 18,168 18,084 17,781 18,532 17,625 Virginia .....................: 6,585 6,497 6,434 6,381 6,611 6,610 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 11,931 13,103 13,124 13,067 13,345 13,169 : Other States .................: 12,779 12,594 12,749 12,758 12,299 12,547 : United States ................: 238,058 237,926 239,406 237,522 241,827 238,759 Percent of previous year .....: 101 102 104 102 106 105 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : June 26, : July 3, : July 10, : July 17, : July 24, : July 31, : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 23,225 23,690 24,041 23,650 23,857 23,017 Arkansas .....................: 21,519 20,719 20,874 21,696 22,212 22,316 Delaware .....................: 4,358 4,456 5,064 4,128 4,379 4,385 Florida ......................: 1,245 1,166 1,262 1,206 1,321 1,292 Georgia ......................: 27,202 26,039 26,675 26,109 26,215 26,540 Kentucky .....................: 5,904 5,767 6,299 6,067 6,335 6,079 Louisiana ....................: 2,568 2,795 2,660 2,825 2,845 2,812 Maryland .....................: 5,487 5,992 5,413 6,201 5,940 5,705 Mississippi ..................: 14,287 14,454 13,999 14,318 14,320 14,116 Missouri .....................: 6,554 7,477 6,329 6,408 6,282 6,178 : North Carolina ...............: 20,052 19,713 19,336 20,145 19,890 19,540 Oklahoma .....................: 4,124 3,769 4,268 3,779 3,904 3,697 Pennsylvania .................: 4,819 4,749 4,758 5,028 4,583 4,737 South Carolina ...............: 5,274 4,938 5,015 4,716 4,532 5,095 Texas ........................: 14,707 14,363 14,449 14,293 14,236 13,955 Virginia .....................: 6,516 5,640 5,976 5,482 5,493 5,577 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 10,901 11,550 10,080 10,942 10,558 12,139 : Other States .................: 10,090 9,868 9,629 9,419 9,719 9,511 : United States ................: 188,832 187,145 186,127 186,412 186,621 186,691 Percent of previous year .....: 100 98 97 98 99 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Jean Porter, 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 Seth Riggins - Honey, Honey Bee Colonies ................................. (202) 690-4870 Autumn Stone - Layers, Eggs .............................................. (202) 690-3676 Takiyah Walker - Broiler Hatchery......................................... 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