Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released October 21, 2020, 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 220 million eggs in incubators during the week ending October 17, 2020, down 2 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 82.2 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 Down 1 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 182 million chicks for meat production during the week ending October 17, 2020, down 1 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 4, 2020 through October 17, 2020 for the United States were 7.79 billion. Cumulative placements were down 1 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :September 12,:September 19,:September 26,: October 3, : October 10, : October 17, : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 32,241 31,581 32,262 31,059 31,870 31,230 Arkansas .....................: 22,272 22,832 23,256 23,243 21,708 21,959 Delaware .....................: 4,796 4,015 4,015 4,264 4,264 4,264 Florida ......................: 1,163 1,163 1,163 1,209 1,209 1,209 Georgia ......................: 33,574 32,265 33,857 32,427 32,973 32,839 Kentucky .....................: 6,698 7,112 7,372 7,710 7,025 7,021 Louisiana ....................: 3,067 3,409 3,288 3,288 3,288 3,133 Maryland .....................: 7,111 7,638 7,901 7,631 7,635 7,640 Mississippi ..................: 16,325 15,968 16,812 15,568 16,319 15,815 Missouri .....................: 8,825 8,029 8,299 8,521 8,938 8,072 : North Carolina ...............: 22,965 22,856 23,829 22,339 22,514 22,056 Oklahoma .....................: 7,325 6,523 6,682 6,331 6,451 6,215 Pennsylvania .................: 6,326 6,339 6,222 6,091 6,305 6,311 South Carolina ...............: 5,754 5,774 5,631 5,339 5,389 5,605 Texas ........................: 16,820 16,589 16,434 16,039 16,601 16,711 Virginia .....................: 6,021 5,847 6,320 5,601 6,320 6,205 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,772 11,408 12,341 12,015 13,117 12,204 : Other States .................: 11,334 11,100 10,327 10,598 11,637 11,435 : United States ................: 225,389 220,448 226,011 219,273 223,563 219,924 Percent of previous year .....: 101 97 100 100 102 98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :September 12,:September 19,:September 26,: October 3, : October 10, : October 17, : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 24,287 24,781 23,215 23,792 22,722 23,839 Arkansas .....................: 21,545 21,893 20,954 20,857 21,643 20,978 Delaware .....................: 5,010 4,213 5,427 4,170 5,120 4,933 Florida ......................: 1,304 1,299 1,282 1,279 1,219 1,305 Georgia ......................: 26,217 25,808 25,765 26,170 25,324 26,195 Kentucky .....................: 5,880 6,239 6,832 5,298 6,040 5,825 Louisiana ....................: 2,933 2,958 2,961 2,782 3,081 2,950 Maryland .....................: 5,311 5,779 4,944 5,539 4,197 4,920 Mississippi ..................: 14,406 14,153 13,659 13,919 13,587 14,271 Missouri .....................: 5,641 6,310 5,873 6,454 5,404 5,371 : North Carolina ...............: 19,508 19,394 18,408 18,208 18,517 19,132 Oklahoma .....................: 4,896 4,335 4,493 3,781 3,111 4,242 Pennsylvania .................: 4,839 4,825 4,825 4,802 4,775 4,681 South Carolina ...............: 5,752 5,202 4,702 5,191 5,139 5,113 Texas ........................: 14,471 13,863 13,365 13,675 13,389 13,590 Virginia .....................: 5,651 5,359 5,668 5,229 5,422 6,019 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 10,908 11,382 10,598 11,374 9,963 10,008 : Other States .................: 8,338 8,469 8,414 8,737 8,574 8,190 : United States ................: 186,897 186,262 181,385 181,257 177,227 181,562 Percent of previous year .....: 100 100 99 101 97 99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Tony Dorn, 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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