Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released March 6, 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 233 million eggs in incubators during the week ending March 2, 2019, up 2 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 82.0 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 184 million chicks for meat production during the week ending March 2, 2019, up 1 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 5, 2019 through March 2, 2019 for the United States were 1.65 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 :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January 26, : February 2, : February 9, :February 16, :February 23, : March 2, : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 31,258 31,440 31,704 31,611 31,515 31,832 Arkansas .....................: 24,546 23,914 24,599 24,686 25,105 24,898 Delaware .....................: 5,317 5,467 5,467 5,225 5,342 5,370 Florida ......................: 1,194 1,209 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 Georgia ......................: 35,102 34,390 33,914 34,463 34,406 34,627 Kentucky .....................: 7,784 7,903 7,710 7,675 7,803 7,760 Louisiana ....................: 3,652 3,774 3,743 3,743 3,803 3,803 Maryland .....................: 8,160 8,093 8,172 7,896 8,253 8,173 Mississippi ..................: 18,278 18,317 18,231 18,498 18,655 18,480 Missouri .....................: 8,272 8,217 8,150 8,381 8,478 8,421 : North Carolina ...............: 23,330 23,634 22,454 23,691 23,228 24,105 Oklahoma .....................: 7,499 7,750 7,702 7,549 7,683 7,461 Pennsylvania .................: 5,088 5,095 4,934 5,062 5,135 5,073 South Carolina ...............: 5,707 5,651 5,704 5,690 5,906 5,832 Texas ........................: 16,330 16,925 16,802 16,992 17,256 17,249 Virginia .....................: 6,330 6,454 6,351 6,312 6,489 6,621 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 11,834 11,884 11,500 11,462 12,692 12,646 : Other States .................: 9,706 9,757 9,841 9,815 9,818 9,692 : United States ................: 229,387 229,874 228,203 229,976 232,792 233,268 Percent of previous year .....: 102 101 101 101 102 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January 26, : February 2, : February 9, :February 16, :February 23, : March 2, : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 23,398 22,984 22,739 23,481 22,978 22,259 Arkansas .....................: 22,979 22,669 21,397 20,899 20,982 23,743 Delaware .....................: 4,249 5,221 4,669 5,096 5,339 5,357 Florida ......................: 1,480 1,323 1,335 1,303 1,221 1,340 Georgia ......................: 27,002 27,644 27,609 26,798 27,515 27,915 Kentucky .....................: 5,929 5,790 5,982 6,060 6,209 5,788 Louisiana ....................: 3,204 3,195 3,149 3,167 3,222 3,233 Maryland .....................: 5,938 5,725 6,609 6,137 6,436 6,618 Mississippi ..................: 15,462 15,477 15,490 15,380 15,521 15,608 Missouri .....................: 5,763 6,157 5,978 6,155 6,069 4,789 : North Carolina ...............: 18,834 18,960 18,339 17,729 18,303 17,165 Oklahoma .....................: 4,176 3,727 4,660 5,002 4,653 3,621 Pennsylvania .................: 3,981 3,840 3,898 3,883 3,818 3,718 South Carolina ...............: 4,729 4,782 5,117 5,433 5,189 5,265 Texas ........................: 12,018 13,021 13,568 13,118 13,653 13,646 Virginia .....................: 5,552 5,463 5,084 6,096 5,686 5,489 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 10,805 10,229 9,833 10,462 10,022 10,222 : Other States .................: 7,367 7,776 7,759 7,320 7,295 7,784 : United States ................: 182,866 183,983 183,215 183,519 184,111 183,560 Percent of previous year .....: 101 102 103 102 102 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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