Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released April 3, 2019, 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 231 million eggs in incubators during the week ending March 30, 2019, up 2 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 81.6 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 185 million chicks for meat production during the week ending March 30, 2019, up 1 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 5, 2019 through March 30, 2019 for the United States were 2.39 billion. Cumulative placements were up 1 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :February 23, : March 2, : March 9, : March 16, : March 23, : March 30, : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 31,383 31,678 29,911 30,138 30,152 30,301 Arkansas .....................: 25,004 24,898 24,522 24,310 24,621 24,875 Delaware .....................: 5,342 5,127 5,326 5,489 5,490 5,490 Florida ......................: 1,225 1,225 1,194 1,194 1,194 1,194 Georgia ......................: 34,406 34,627 35,077 34,788 34,100 35,116 Kentucky .....................: 7,803 7,760 7,621 7,791 7,783 7,912 Louisiana ....................: 3,803 3,803 3,803 3,773 3,682 3,652 Maryland .....................: 8,253 8,204 8,036 8,326 7,590 7,584 Mississippi ..................: 18,655 16,719 18,089 17,951 18,880 18,896 Missouri .....................: 8,478 8,421 8,717 8,151 8,549 8,151 : North Carolina ...............: 23,252 24,092 24,153 24,260 24,253 24,164 Oklahoma .....................: 7,683 7,505 7,585 7,885 7,643 7,696 Pennsylvania .................: 5,220 5,167 5,215 5,232 5,084 4,500 South Carolina ...............: 5,906 5,832 5,936 5,926 6,036 5,774 Texas ........................: 17,256 17,249 17,359 17,405 17,267 17,430 Virginia .....................: 6,489 6,621 6,469 6,394 6,459 6,318 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,693 12,147 12,811 12,699 12,120 12,463 : Other States .................: 9,665 9,747 9,831 10,221 9,806 9,942 : United States ................: 232,516 230,822 231,655 231,933 230,709 231,458 Percent of previous year .....: 102 101 102 102 102 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :February 23, : March 2, : March 9, : March 16, : March 23, : March 30, : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 22,978 22,190 21,097 21,851 21,314 22,626 Arkansas .....................: 20,982 24,162 22,522 22,721 23,122 23,436 Delaware .....................: 5,477 5,061 5,204 6,034 5,642 5,414 Florida ......................: 1,221 1,342 1,334 1,230 1,324 1,320 Georgia ......................: 27,515 27,917 28,857 27,458 27,772 27,154 Kentucky .....................: 6,209 5,788 6,836 6,217 6,041 6,160 Louisiana ....................: 3,222 3,234 3,275 3,293 3,290 3,320 Maryland .....................: 5,850 6,005 5,612 5,604 5,334 5,696 Mississippi ..................: 15,521 15,577 15,814 15,969 13,800 14,358 Missouri .....................: 6,069 4,789 6,140 6,503 5,522 5,471 : North Carolina ...............: 18,746 17,551 18,720 19,693 19,130 19,064 Oklahoma .....................: 4,653 3,260 3,728 3,552 4,566 3,988 Pennsylvania .................: 3,909 3,810 3,858 3,853 3,864 3,844 South Carolina ...............: 5,189 5,265 4,206 4,191 4,909 5,174 Texas ........................: 13,653 13,649 13,875 13,812 13,862 13,794 Virginia .....................: 5,615 5,935 5,603 5,250 5,669 5,619 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 9,990 10,172 9,832 11,186 10,876 10,958 : Other States .................: 7,379 7,755 7,705 7,289 7,522 7,814 : United States ................: 184,178 183,462 184,218 185,706 183,559 185,210 Percent of previous year .....: 102 101 101 102 100 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. 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