Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released March 23, 2022, 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 1 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 240 million eggs in incubators during the week ending March 19, 2022, up 1 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 79.4 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 1 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 186 million chicks for meat production during the week ending March 19, 2022, down 1 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 8, 2022 through March 19, 2022 for the United States were 2.04 billion. Cumulative placements were down slightly from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :February 12, :February 19, :February 26, : March 5, : March 12, : March 19, : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 34,660 34,752 34,544 34,763 34,716 34,703 Arkansas .....................: 24,662 24,662 24,368 24,849 23,933 24,216 Delaware .....................: 4,790 4,973 5,175 4,890 4,880 4,904 Florida ......................: 1,194 1,194 1,194 1,194 1,194 1,194 Georgia ......................: 34,972 35,124 35,353 35,162 35,400 35,542 Kentucky .....................: 5,341 5,670 5,320 5,529 5,447 5,507 Louisiana ....................: 3,175 3,290 3,199 3,078 3,078 3,048 Maryland .....................: 7,992 7,333 7,837 7,881 7,902 7,916 Mississippi ..................: 16,792 16,735 16,578 16,686 16,569 16,732 Missouri .....................: 9,605 9,600 9,598 9,605 9,605 9,634 : North Carolina ...............: 25,106 25,194 24,700 26,155 26,262 26,420 Oklahoma .....................: 7,622 7,494 7,761 7,658 7,481 7,710 Pennsylvania .................: 6,508 6,497 6,619 6,536 6,517 6,563 South Carolina ...............: 5,531 5,457 5,599 5,557 5,177 5,117 Texas ........................: 19,089 19,122 19,283 19,330 19,039 18,632 Virginia .....................: 6,807 6,831 6,801 6,827 6,831 6,827 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 13,452 13,254 12,929 12,932 13,336 13,262 : Other States .................: 12,722 12,439 12,315 12,162 12,772 12,532 : United States ................: 240,020 239,621 239,173 240,794 240,139 240,459 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :February 12, :February 19, :February 26, : March 5, : March 12, : March 19, : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 23,754 23,821 24,240 25,482 25,476 23,956 Arkansas .....................: 21,823 21,252 21,501 21,363 21,746 22,161 Delaware .....................: 5,102 5,854 4,348 4,603 4,746 4,747 Florida ......................: 1,123 1,142 1,212 1,216 1,121 1,194 Georgia ......................: 28,081 27,071 25,373 24,520 24,997 27,458 Kentucky .....................: 4,163 4,328 5,020 5,107 4,514 4,470 Louisiana ....................: 2,672 2,699 2,677 2,653 2,696 2,659 Maryland .....................: 5,311 5,154 5,429 6,001 4,628 5,541 Mississippi ..................: 13,185 13,747 13,799 13,804 13,845 13,630 Missouri .....................: 6,371 6,104 6,422 6,846 6,162 6,426 : North Carolina ...............: 19,449 20,237 19,480 19,563 20,471 19,613 Oklahoma .....................: 4,348 4,708 4,606 4,285 4,717 3,399 Pennsylvania .................: 4,093 4,055 4,472 4,192 4,264 4,212 South Carolina ...............: 4,552 3,829 5,322 5,204 4,231 4,332 Texas ........................: 14,254 14,866 14,754 14,819 14,873 15,090 Virginia .....................: 5,486 5,487 6,202 5,396 6,278 5,795 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 11,403 12,096 11,596 11,864 12,467 11,680 : Other States .................: 9,418 9,445 9,109 8,990 9,349 9,289 : United States ................: 184,588 185,895 185,562 185,908 186,581 185,652 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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