Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released May 15, 2019, 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 1 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 233 million eggs in incubators during the week ending May 11, 2019, up 1 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 82.5 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 2 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 190 million chicks for meat production during the week ending May 11, 2019, up 2 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 5, 2019 through May 11, 2019 for the United States were 3.52 billion. Cumulative placements were up 1 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : April 6, : April 13, : April 20, : April 27, : May 4, : May 11, : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 30,247 30,117 30,638 30,339 30,125 30,362 Arkansas .....................: 25,227 25,194 24,897 24,562 24,912 25,253 Delaware .....................: 5,368 5,433 5,489 5,303 5,452 5,416 Florida ......................: 1,194 1,178 1,178 1,178 1,178 1,178 Georgia ......................: 35,239 35,146 35,499 34,942 33,950 34,676 Kentucky .....................: 7,787 7,850 7,951 7,849 7,963 7,918 Louisiana ....................: 3,592 3,834 3,848 3,606 3,818 3,788 Maryland .....................: 7,960 8,349 8,307 8,361 7,913 7,975 Mississippi ..................: 19,183 19,111 19,334 19,081 18,956 19,303 Missouri .....................: 8,431 8,490 8,585 8,416 8,296 7,967 : North Carolina ...............: 22,944 23,718 23,980 23,804 23,869 23,234 Oklahoma .....................: 7,346 7,791 7,730 7,992 7,564 7,831 Pennsylvania .................: 4,765 5,428 5,649 5,559 5,619 5,615 South Carolina ...............: 5,840 5,980 5,594 5,832 6,029 5,892 Texas ........................: 17,374 17,373 17,338 17,706 17,850 17,487 Virginia .....................: 6,467 6,467 6,469 6,468 6,318 6,440 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,398 12,156 12,430 12,357 12,441 12,633 : Other States .................: 9,567 9,943 9,938 9,736 9,808 9,822 : United States ................: 230,929 233,558 234,854 233,091 232,061 232,790 Percent of previous year .....: 101 102 102 101 100 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : April 6, : April 13, : April 20, : April 27, : May 4, : May 11, : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 23,076 22,164 22,699 21,467 22,175 22,842 Arkansas .....................: 21,877 22,754 22,714 22,548 22,052 24,205 Delaware .....................: 4,919 4,785 5,730 4,645 5,650 5,364 Florida ......................: 1,323 1,298 1,332 1,315 1,212 1,309 Georgia ......................: 27,252 27,342 27,569 29,061 28,594 27,844 Kentucky .....................: 5,370 6,552 6,021 5,879 5,955 6,206 Louisiana ....................: 3,307 3,313 3,220 3,224 3,418 3,450 Maryland .....................: 6,509 6,030 5,875 6,649 5,484 5,867 Mississippi ..................: 15,214 16,041 16,015 16,106 16,003 16,286 Missouri .....................: 5,631 5,785 6,679 5,974 5,834 5,781 : North Carolina ...............: 19,048 19,408 18,625 18,898 19,010 19,143 Oklahoma .....................: 4,718 4,083 3,481 4,445 5,538 3,405 Pennsylvania .................: 4,012 3,991 3,445 3,373 3,961 4,122 South Carolina ...............: 5,333 5,304 5,112 4,418 5,207 5,508 Texas ........................: 14,216 13,991 14,096 14,182 14,141 14,054 Virginia .....................: 6,205 5,413 5,713 5,486 5,957 5,901 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 11,328 10,455 10,664 11,079 10,687 10,588 : Other States .................: 8,027 7,275 7,715 7,463 7,899 7,820 : United States ................: 187,365 185,984 186,705 186,212 188,777 189,695 Percent of previous year .....: 102 102 102 101 102 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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