Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released September 7, 2022, 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 4 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 242 million eggs in incubators during the week ending September 3, 2022, up 4 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 80.6 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 Up 5 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 194 million chicks for meat production during the week ending September 3, 2022, up 5 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 8, 2022 through September 3, 2022 for the United States were 6.59 billion. Cumulative placements were up 1 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : July 30, : August 6, : August 13, : August 20, : August 27, :September 3, : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 34,813 33,968 34,831 34,664 34,845 34,548 Arkansas .....................: 25,091 25,076 24,933 25,236 25,300 25,050 Delaware .....................: 5,241 5,075 5,089 5,013 5,053 4,777 Florida ......................: 1,194 1,194 1,194 1,194 1,209 1,225 Georgia ......................: 34,558 34,895 35,054 35,470 35,604 35,323 Kentucky .....................: 6,708 6,790 6,842 6,714 6,714 6,890 Louisiana ....................: 3,455 3,497 3,561 3,577 3,577 3,199 Maryland .....................: 8,067 8,061 8,065 8,066 8,066 8,062 Mississippi ..................: 16,799 16,889 16,937 16,836 16,910 16,532 Missouri .....................: 9,602 9,619 9,588 9,492 9,605 9,621 : North Carolina ...............: 26,367 26,459 26,033 26,282 26,186 25,999 Oklahoma .....................: 7,066 8,052 8,055 8,089 8,073 7,591 Pennsylvania .................: 6,695 6,868 6,889 6,801 7,318 6,824 South Carolina ...............: 5,825 5,868 5,878 5,837 5,765 5,669 Texas ........................: 18,653 18,878 19,087 19,045 19,156 18,422 Virginia .....................: 6,861 6,861 6,861 6,680 6,861 6,247 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 14,061 13,949 13,949 13,903 13,870 13,843 : Other States .................: 12,523 12,498 12,702 12,673 12,287 12,102 : United States ................: 243,579 244,497 245,548 245,572 246,399 241,924 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : July 30, : August 6, : August 13, : August 20, : August 27, :September 3, : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 25,438 25,231 25,432 25,608 23,879 25,851 Arkansas .....................: 21,375 21,909 21,328 21,686 22,426 22,284 Delaware .....................: 5,619 4,647 5,484 5,659 5,412 4,212 Florida ......................: 1,172 1,268 1,156 1,255 1,262 1,282 Georgia ......................: 27,604 25,297 27,382 26,494 27,754 26,656 Kentucky .....................: 5,915 6,051 5,980 5,405 5,012 5,960 Louisiana ....................: 2,811 2,815 2,868 2,937 2,971 3,036 Maryland .....................: 5,354 5,629 4,728 4,337 5,715 5,867 Mississippi ..................: 13,834 13,266 13,131 13,588 13,767 13,853 Missouri .....................: 6,680 7,230 6,531 6,651 6,229 6,563 : North Carolina ...............: 19,873 19,513 20,017 20,522 20,122 19,963 Oklahoma .....................: 5,235 3,995 4,595 4,480 4,702 4,590 Pennsylvania .................: 4,376 4,632 4,593 4,578 4,590 4,639 South Carolina ...............: 4,538 5,416 4,789 4,767 5,495 5,340 Texas ........................: 15,098 14,507 14,544 14,645 15,382 15,274 Virginia .....................: 5,972 6,127 6,827 7,427 6,254 7,184 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 10,879 11,460 11,857 11,955 12,578 11,452 : Other States .................: 9,291 9,372 9,406 9,569 9,401 9,748 : United States ................: 191,064 188,365 190,648 191,563 192,951 193,754 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Jean Porter, Head, Poultry and Specialty Commodities Section ................ 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