Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released February 26, 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 Up 3 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 239 million eggs in incubators during the week ending February 22, 2020, up 3 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 81.2 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 Up 3 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 190 million chicks for meat production during the week ending February 22, 2020, up 3 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 4, 2020 through February 22, 2020 for the United States were 1.52 billion. Cumulative placements were up 4 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January 18, : January 25, : February 1, : February 8, :February 15, :February 22, : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 34,156 34,255 33,619 34,263 33,249 33,887 Arkansas .....................: 24,038 23,727 24,228 24,024 23,654 24,495 Delaware .....................: 5,058 5,239 5,242 5,610 5,210 5,339 Florida ......................: 1,178 1,178 1,168 1,209 1,193 1,191 Georgia ......................: 35,102 35,549 35,289 35,004 35,129 35,004 Kentucky .....................: 7,944 7,989 7,905 7,864 7,884 7,515 Louisiana ....................: 3,819 3,864 3,879 3,879 3,835 3,774 Maryland .....................: 8,102 8,324 8,387 7,758 8,113 7,845 Mississippi ..................: 17,550 18,305 18,124 18,153 18,351 17,906 Missouri .....................: 8,646 8,914 8,778 8,949 8,660 8,849 : North Carolina ...............: 25,118 25,029 24,884 25,114 24,887 25,188 Oklahoma .....................: 7,572 7,837 7,756 7,507 7,464 7,398 Pennsylvania .................: 5,991 6,193 6,000 5,864 5,745 5,994 South Carolina ...............: 5,621 5,753 5,889 5,802 5,888 5,521 Texas ........................: 17,296 17,992 17,369 17,846 17,250 17,681 Virginia .....................: 6,454 6,453 6,469 6,508 6,512 6,434 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,916 13,278 13,044 13,312 13,243 13,363 : Other States .................: 10,880 10,804 10,843 11,008 11,246 11,207 : United States ................: 237,441 240,683 238,873 239,674 237,513 238,591 Percent of previous year .....: 104 105 104 105 103 103 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January 18, : January 25, : February 1, : February 8, :February 15, :February 22, : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 24,637 24,933 25,233 25,401 24,750 25,635 Arkansas .....................: 22,429 21,273 22,785 22,375 20,203 22,157 Delaware .....................: 4,995 4,930 5,625 4,672 5,265 5,371 Florida ......................: 1,362 1,296 1,245 1,287 1,282 1,321 Georgia ......................: 26,940 27,367 26,276 27,506 28,702 26,126 Kentucky .....................: 5,923 5,839 5,683 6,739 6,233 6,359 Louisiana ....................: 3,238 3,192 3,201 3,228 3,327 3,357 Maryland .....................: 6,259 5,781 4,747 6,195 5,391 5,219 Mississippi ..................: 15,116 15,507 15,319 14,832 15,255 14,984 Missouri .....................: 5,873 5,464 5,135 6,101 6,425 5,803 : North Carolina ...............: 20,216 18,609 20,820 19,963 19,669 19,484 Oklahoma .....................: 4,212 5,396 4,388 3,705 5,400 4,321 Pennsylvania .................: 4,434 4,419 4,398 4,354 4,449 4,442 South Carolina ...............: 5,134 5,402 4,689 4,541 5,279 5,858 Texas ........................: 14,729 14,423 14,640 13,842 14,387 13,660 Virginia .....................: 5,106 5,598 6,402 5,916 6,123 6,047 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,028 10,609 12,030 11,203 11,539 11,608 : Other States .................: 8,596 8,905 8,834 8,289 8,156 8,304 : United States ................: 191,227 188,943 191,450 190,149 191,835 190,056 Percent of previous year .....: 104 103 104 104 104 103 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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