Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released October 12, 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 3 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 237 million eggs in incubators during the week ending October 8, 2022, up 3 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 80.2 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 187 million chicks for meat production during the week ending October 8, 2022, up 5 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 8, 2022 through October 8, 2022 for the United States were 7.54 billion. Cumulative placements were up 1 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :September 3, :September 10,:September 17,:September 24,: October 1, : October 8, : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 34,501 34,915 33,495 34,279 33,088 34,538 Arkansas .....................: 25,185 24,167 24,635 25,280 25,297 23,719 Delaware .....................: 4,777 4,773 4,699 4,628 4,729 4,711 Florida ......................: 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 Georgia ......................: 35,283 35,377 34,600 35,143 34,797 35,195 Kentucky .....................: 6,890 6,279 6,922 6,971 6,545 6,412 Louisiana ....................: 3,562 3,472 3,411 3,407 3,138 3,340 Maryland .....................: 8,062 8,067 8,065 8,067 8,003 8,043 Mississippi ..................: 15,300 16,396 16,350 17,013 16,499 15,813 Missouri .....................: 9,621 9,730 9,604 9,710 9,313 9,699 : North Carolina ...............: 25,999 25,020 25,177 25,945 23,847 24,635 Oklahoma .....................: 7,591 7,691 7,609 7,762 7,581 7,380 Pennsylvania .................: 6,819 7,078 7,027 6,651 7,215 6,925 South Carolina ...............: 5,669 5,800 5,894 5,883 5,716 5,512 Texas ........................: 18,422 18,897 18,500 18,716 18,945 17,814 Virginia .....................: 6,247 6,616 6,861 6,639 6,623 6,599 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 13,746 12,346 12,941 12,944 13,546 13,352 : Other States .................: 12,102 12,490 11,875 12,111 12,576 12,270 : United States ................: 241,001 240,339 238,890 242,374 238,683 237,182 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :September 3, :September 10,:September 17,:September 24,: October 1, : October 8, : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 25,599 24,608 25,489 25,648 25,638 24,225 Arkansas .....................: 22,323 21,814 21,748 21,793 21,286 21,777 Delaware .....................: 4,212 4,248 5,568 4,694 4,604 5,995 Florida ......................: 1,282 1,214 1,270 1,395 1,321 1,294 Georgia ......................: 27,101 28,411 28,192 26,346 26,753 26,552 Kentucky .....................: 5,819 4,969 6,244 5,717 5,510 5,854 Louisiana ....................: 3,022 3,053 3,153 3,166 3,133 3,009 Maryland .....................: 5,867 7,190 6,218 5,157 6,083 4,479 Mississippi ..................: 13,908 13,976 13,919 12,715 13,491 13,469 Missouri .....................: 6,565 6,533 7,312 6,944 6,260 6,557 : North Carolina ...............: 19,865 20,128 20,079 18,891 18,937 19,793 Oklahoma .....................: 4,644 5,300 4,877 4,715 4,775 4,755 Pennsylvania .................: 4,681 4,549 4,833 4,505 4,784 4,741 South Carolina ...............: 5,308 4,414 4,463 5,527 5,083 3,843 Texas ........................: 15,140 15,075 15,033 14,456 15,187 14,396 Virginia .....................: 7,085 5,492 5,500 5,997 5,787 5,981 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 11,574 13,364 11,454 11,737 10,909 11,567 : Other States .................: 9,762 9,628 8,853 9,056 9,358 8,790 : United States ................: 193,757 193,966 194,205 188,459 188,899 187,077 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ................ 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