Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released February 3, 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 Down 2 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 235 million eggs in incubators during the week ending January 30, 2021, down 2 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 80.9 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 2 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 186 million chicks for meat production during the week ending January 30, 2021, down 2 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 9, 2021 through January 30, 2021 for the United States were 751 million. Cumulative placements were down 1 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2020-2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :December 26, : January 2, : January 9, : January 16, : January 23, : January 30, : 2020 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 33,424 33,425 33,144 33,317 33,306 33,381 Arkansas .....................: 24,253 24,178 24,319 24,446 24,405 24,556 Delaware .....................: 4,669 4,669 4,669 4,669 4,948 4,948 Florida ......................: 1,209 1,209 1,209 1,209 1,209 1,209 Georgia ......................: 34,608 34,438 34,414 32,870 33,083 33,726 Kentucky .....................: 7,889 7,693 7,534 8,025 8,003 7,607 Louisiana ....................: 3,532 3,532 2,987 3,516 3,562 3,516 Maryland .....................: 7,636 7,639 7,637 7,640 7,635 7,380 Mississippi ..................: 17,929 17,885 17,222 17,660 17,127 17,804 Missouri .....................: 9,198 9,227 9,165 9,149 9,244 9,244 : North Carolina ...............: 23,668 24,130 23,969 24,330 24,151 23,920 Oklahoma .....................: 6,972 7,068 7,058 7,183 7,072 6,944 Pennsylvania .................: 6,293 6,293 6,318 6,293 6,336 6,315 South Carolina ...............: 5,879 5,770 5,618 5,914 5,878 5,872 Texas ........................: 18,052 18,280 17,728 17,761 17,505 18,115 Virginia .....................: 6,415 6,509 6,432 6,505 6,462 6,313 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 13,173 13,085 13,068 13,039 13,227 13,180 : Other States .................: 11,950 11,820 11,846 12,225 11,390 11,044 : United States ................: 236,749 236,850 234,337 235,751 234,543 235,074 Percent of previous year .....: 99 100 99 98 99 98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2020-2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :December 26, : January 2, : January 9, : January 16, : January 23, : January 30, : 2020 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 23,088 24,414 23,720 24,341 24,914 24,239 Arkansas .....................: 22,112 20,607 20,689 22,064 21,812 22,251 Delaware .....................: 4,047 5,160 4,616 4,952 4,533 4,306 Florida ......................: 1,291 1,182 1,297 1,309 1,321 1,367 Georgia ......................: 25,293 26,993 26,809 26,418 25,829 25,934 Kentucky .....................: 5,479 6,369 5,710 6,345 5,740 6,586 Louisiana ....................: 2,677 2,961 3,125 3,002 3,015 2,575 Maryland .....................: 6,493 4,704 5,239 4,489 4,865 5,542 Mississippi ..................: 14,762 15,203 15,149 15,129 15,013 14,464 Missouri .....................: 5,516 5,921 6,542 6,763 6,480 5,925 : North Carolina ...............: 19,288 19,735 19,639 19,207 19,594 19,280 Oklahoma .....................: 4,096 4,880 4,273 3,206 3,744 3,584 Pennsylvania .................: 4,760 4,771 4,785 4,760 4,889 4,771 South Carolina ...............: 5,787 4,993 5,403 4,938 5,096 5,474 Texas ........................: 14,083 14,687 14,896 14,680 14,572 14,322 Virginia .....................: 4,874 5,757 5,732 6,021 6,408 5,731 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 10,363 10,620 11,815 11,522 11,323 10,713 : Other States .................: 9,060 9,584 9,621 8,983 8,787 8,947 : United States ................: 183,069 188,541 189,060 188,129 187,935 186,011 Percent of previous year .....: 97 99 100 99 98 98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Vacant, 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 Adam Peters - Honey, Honey Bee Colonies .................................. (202) 690-4870 Autumn Stone - Layers, Eggs .............................................. (202) 690-3676 Takiyah Walker - Broiler Hatchery......................................... 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