Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released May 5, 2021, 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 10 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 238 million eggs in incubators during the week ending May 1, 2021, up 10 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 79.7 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 9 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 186 million chicks for meat production during the week ending May 1, 2021, up 9 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 9, 2021 through May 1, 2021 for the United States were 3.17 billion. Cumulative placements were down 1 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : March 27, : April 3, : April 10, : April 17, : April 24, : May 1, : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 32,967 33,593 33,184 33,287 33,201 33,186 Arkansas .....................: 24,398 24,234 24,369 23,940 24,480 24,546 Delaware .....................: 5,042 4,977 4,791 4,791 4,948 4,948 Florida ......................: 1,209 1,209 1,209 1,209 1,209 1,209 Georgia ......................: 34,602 34,878 34,504 34,683 34,665 34,129 Kentucky .....................: 8,027 8,120 7,811 7,541 8,038 7,978 Louisiana ....................: 3,422 3,532 3,441 3,441 3,441 3,426 Maryland .....................: 7,942 7,941 7,934 7,932 7,944 7,686 Mississippi ..................: 16,649 15,618 16,147 16,446 16,512 16,576 Missouri .....................: 9,448 9,382 9,469 9,491 9,538 9,571 : North Carolina ...............: 25,754 25,648 25,065 25,827 24,976 24,879 Oklahoma .....................: 7,291 7,327 7,545 7,542 7,540 7,418 Pennsylvania .................: 6,523 6,546 6,594 6,543 6,718 6,536 South Carolina ...............: 5,729 5,733 5,514 5,859 5,822 5,850 Texas ........................: 18,202 18,215 18,369 18,298 18,564 18,519 Virginia .....................: 6,560 6,469 6,474 6,064 6,442 6,637 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 13,389 13,035 12,673 12,661 12,079 12,755 : Other States .................: 11,890 13,120 12,273 12,555 12,637 12,517 : United States ................: 239,044 239,577 237,366 238,110 238,754 238,366 Percent of previous year .....: 102 104 107 110 107 110 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : March 27, : April 3, : April 10, : April 17, : April 24, : May 1, : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 24,322 24,151 24,101 23,998 23,995 23,727 Arkansas .....................: 21,977 20,700 21,718 22,650 22,007 22,593 Delaware .....................: 5,321 4,746 4,395 4,896 3,907 4,534 Florida ......................: 1,325 1,288 1,310 1,312 1,245 1,321 Georgia ......................: 27,427 25,851 26,329 26,345 26,571 25,470 Kentucky .....................: 6,900 5,973 6,593 6,092 6,400 6,578 Louisiana ....................: 2,779 2,921 2,875 2,891 2,992 2,930 Maryland .....................: 4,676 5,442 6,043 5,387 6,379 5,834 Mississippi ..................: 14,249 13,918 13,349 13,794 12,971 13,393 Missouri .....................: 5,580 5,471 5,177 5,267 5,864 6,002 : North Carolina ...............: 20,393 20,741 20,654 20,927 20,313 20,473 Oklahoma .....................: 3,503 4,485 4,537 4,088 4,042 3,209 Pennsylvania .................: 4,651 4,616 4,775 4,829 4,751 4,829 South Carolina ...............: 4,115 5,654 5,209 4,750 5,511 4,596 Texas ........................: 13,689 14,034 14,517 14,646 14,742 14,813 Virginia .....................: 6,218 6,567 6,138 5,692 5,873 5,649 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 11,172 11,271 10,492 10,907 10,671 10,541 : Other States .................: 8,988 9,248 9,598 9,088 10,130 9,213 : United States ................: 187,285 187,077 187,810 187,559 188,364 185,705 Percent of previous year .....: 98 98 100 106 106 109 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ................ (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 Vacant - Honey, Honey Bee Colonies ....................................... (202) 690-4870 Autumn Stone - Layers, Eggs .............................................. (202) 690-3676 Takiyah Walker - Broiler Hatchery......................................... 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