Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released November 21, 2018, 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 1 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 226 million eggs in incubators during the week ending November 17, 2018, down 1 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 82.6 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 175 million chicks for meat production during the week ending November 17, 2018, down 1 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 6, 2018 through November 17, 2018 for the United States were 8.38 billion. Cumulative placements were up 1 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : October 13, : October 20, : October 27, : November 3, :November 10, :November 17, : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 30,084 29,939 29,342 28,964 30,051 30,215 Arkansas .....................: 22,770 21,289 23,340 23,112 24,091 24,411 Delaware .....................: 4,790 4,738 4,667 4,667 4,696 4,706 Florida ......................: 1,100 1,105 1,100 1,147 1,194 1,194 Georgia ......................: 33,428 32,539 33,204 33,464 33,686 34,890 Kentucky .....................: 7,081 6,910 6,290 7,086 7,829 7,740 Louisiana ....................: 3,634 3,741 3,833 3,879 3,562 3,668 Maryland .....................: 7,741 7,353 8,013 7,926 7,863 7,939 Mississippi ..................: 16,672 17,963 18,497 17,159 17,659 18,367 Missouri .....................: 8,001 8,183 8,222 7,333 7,711 8,504 : North Carolina ...............: 19,971 20,608 22,079 21,687 22,083 22,556 Oklahoma .....................: 7,190 7,618 6,053 7,574 7,837 5,888 Pennsylvania .................: 5,708 5,571 5,198 5,055 5,439 5,452 South Carolina ...............: 5,598 5,890 5,483 4,976 5,616 5,939 Texas ........................: 15,331 15,872 15,955 14,659 15,994 16,007 Virginia .....................: 6,270 5,817 6,142 5,794 5,632 6,380 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 11,559 10,560 11,236 11,618 11,875 12,341 : Other States .................: 9,448 9,215 8,697 9,223 9,398 9,591 : United States ................: 216,376 214,911 217,351 215,323 222,216 225,788 Percent of previous year .....: 100 99 99 100 100 99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : October 13, : October 20, : October 27, : November 3, :November 10, :November 17, : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 22,668 22,135 22,526 22,886 21,519 22,753 Arkansas .....................: 21,752 21,596 22,292 22,100 19,908 20,493 Delaware .....................: 5,351 4,695 4,850 4,311 5,043 4,061 Florida ......................: 704 694 741 828 739 1,301 Georgia ......................: 27,478 24,790 26,984 26,330 25,632 25,621 Kentucky .....................: 5,883 6,010 5,952 5,917 4,771 4,489 Louisiana ....................: 2,827 2,875 2,856 3,143 3,353 3,480 Maryland .....................: 5,810 6,072 5,233 6,840 4,707 6,384 Mississippi ..................: 14,961 13,800 14,378 13,844 15,232 15,423 Missouri .....................: 6,940 5,580 5,932 5,303 5,423 5,334 : North Carolina ...............: 16,365 15,472 15,364 15,614 17,273 18,432 Oklahoma .....................: 3,754 4,349 3,374 3,241 4,564 4,335 Pennsylvania .................: 3,778 4,045 3,955 4,216 4,004 3,841 South Carolina ...............: 4,959 4,862 4,151 4,889 4,484 4,134 Texas ........................: 12,593 12,206 12,235 12,685 12,936 12,942 Virginia .....................: 5,472 5,833 5,624 4,964 5,196 5,364 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 8,863 10,103 10,269 9,457 10,204 10,009 : Other States .................: 6,989 7,043 7,190 7,213 7,201 6,874 : United States ................: 177,147 172,160 173,906 173,781 172,189 175,270 Percent of previous year .....: 99 100 100 99 98 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@nass.usda.gov Travis Averill, Chief, Livestock Branch .......................................... (202) 720-3570 Tony Dorn, Head, Poultry and Specialty Commodities Section ....................... 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