Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released April 22, 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 5 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 225 million eggs in incubators during the week ending April 18, 2020, down 5 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 77.3 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 5 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 178 million chicks for meat production during the week ending April 18, 2020, down 5 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 4, 2020 through April 18, 2020 for the United States were 3.02 billion. Cumulative placements were up 2 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : March 14, : March 21, : March 28, : April 4, : April 11, : April 18, : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 34,216 33,838 34,043 32,825 30,441 30,821 Arkansas .....................: 24,202 24,368 23,081 22,316 21,427 22,255 Delaware .....................: 5,306 5,185 5,306 5,281 5,176 5,195 Florida ......................: 1,207 1,194 1,177 1,131 1,167 1,163 Georgia ......................: 34,849 35,080 35,250 33,985 33,053 33,071 Kentucky .....................: 7,760 7,749 7,497 7,911 7,620 7,220 Louisiana ....................: 3,879 3,865 3,802 3,167 3,485 3,470 Maryland .....................: 8,486 8,171 8,198 7,886 8,086 7,986 Mississippi ..................: 18,082 18,260 18,260 16,999 16,603 16,921 Missouri .....................: 8,809 8,952 9,003 8,233 8,309 8,368 : North Carolina ...............: 25,258 24,681 24,422 24,597 23,407 24,210 Oklahoma .....................: 7,973 7,196 7,309 7,116 6,519 6,698 Pennsylvania .................: 6,239 6,103 6,325 6,197 6,191 6,137 South Carolina ...............: 5,751 5,804 5,834 5,647 5,720 5,271 Texas ........................: 17,541 17,915 18,014 17,473 16,563 17,031 Virginia .....................: 6,392 6,485 5,672 6,361 5,477 4,889 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,734 12,760 13,180 13,087 12,280 12,558 : Other States .................: 11,887 11,591 11,834 10,941 10,437 11,264 : United States ................: 240,571 239,197 238,207 231,153 221,961 224,528 Percent of previous year .....: 103 104 102 100 95 95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : March 14, : March 21, : March 28, : April 4, : April 11, : April 18, : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 24,988 24,923 25,586 23,735 22,117 23,345 Arkansas .....................: 21,417 22,029 22,280 21,211 21,224 20,141 Delaware .....................: 4,939 5,059 4,654 5,431 4,828 4,964 Florida ......................: 1,235 1,326 1,336 1,306 1,334 1,230 Georgia ......................: 27,068 28,120 26,598 25,613 27,366 25,583 Kentucky .....................: 6,073 5,913 5,601 6,482 5,949 5,895 Louisiana ....................: 3,270 3,234 3,353 3,121 2,575 2,404 Maryland .....................: 5,052 6,116 5,773 6,026 6,128 5,539 Mississippi ..................: 14,889 15,182 15,191 14,386 14,179 14,296 Missouri .....................: 5,938 5,656 6,442 5,596 5,590 5,472 : North Carolina ...............: 20,003 20,831 20,181 20,486 19,376 19,534 Oklahoma .....................: 5,162 4,093 3,499 4,281 3,327 4,351 Pennsylvania .................: 4,547 4,524 4,472 4,452 4,285 4,474 South Carolina ...............: 5,286 4,475 4,920 5,283 4,031 3,918 Texas ........................: 14,125 14,089 13,930 14,006 14,007 13,825 Virginia .....................: 6,584 5,702 6,352 4,935 4,698 4,429 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 11,540 11,369 11,520 11,425 10,981 10,831 : Other States .................: 9,032 9,002 8,812 8,782 7,765 7,932 : United States ................: 191,148 191,643 190,500 186,557 179,760 178,163 Percent of previous year .....: 103 104 102 99 96 95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 .................. 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