Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released July 14, 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 3 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 239 million eggs in incubators during the week ending July 10, 2021, up 3 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 79.8 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 3 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 186 million chicks for meat production during the week ending July 10, 2021, down 3 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 9, 2021 through July 10, 2021 for the United States were 5.05 billion. Cumulative placements were up 1 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : June 5, : June 12, : June 19, : June 26, : July 3, : July 10, : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 33,012 32,756 32,889 33,001 32,605 32,447 Arkansas .....................: 24,684 24,369 24,180 24,632 24,949 25,041 Delaware .....................: 5,004 4,997 4,830 4,838 4,997 4,996 Florida ......................: 1,202 1,187 1,186 1,186 1,186 1,186 Georgia ......................: 34,812 34,807 34,452 34,176 33,923 34,819 Kentucky .....................: 7,970 7,924 7,347 7,667 7,428 7,979 Louisiana ....................: 3,288 3,319 3,179 3,351 3,319 3,320 Maryland .....................: 7,942 7,940 7,872 7,936 7,940 7,867 Mississippi ..................: 17,029 17,182 16,910 16,941 17,225 17,029 Missouri .....................: 9,625 9,610 9,596 9,596 9,674 9,437 : North Carolina ...............: 25,373 25,120 25,104 25,112 24,835 24,480 Oklahoma .....................: 7,936 7,959 7,563 7,644 7,937 7,664 Pennsylvania .................: 6,594 6,469 6,635 6,784 6,334 6,478 South Carolina ...............: 5,842 5,924 5,945 5,758 5,677 5,906 Texas ........................: 18,229 18,254 18,391 18,308 18,168 18,084 Virginia .....................: 6,559 6,558 6,559 6,585 6,497 6,346 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 13,245 12,880 12,828 12,180 13,103 12,827 : Other States .................: 12,766 12,442 12,627 12,779 12,594 12,749 : United States ................: 241,112 239,697 238,093 238,474 238,391 238,655 Percent of previous year .....: 102 102 101 102 102 103 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : June 5, : June 12, : June 19, : June 26, : July 3, : July 10, : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 23,275 23,308 24,462 23,225 23,690 24,159 Arkansas .....................: 21,545 21,878 22,403 21,519 20,719 20,649 Delaware .....................: 4,800 5,323 5,595 5,060 5,255 5,126 Florida ......................: 1,276 1,302 1,266 1,245 1,166 1,262 Georgia ......................: 26,054 27,118 25,393 27,202 26,039 26,590 Kentucky .....................: 6,280 5,880 6,134 5,904 5,767 5,868 Louisiana ....................: 2,879 2,813 2,775 2,568 2,795 2,660 Maryland .....................: 5,320 5,056 5,225 5,115 5,094 5,289 Mississippi ..................: 13,332 13,680 14,108 14,287 14,454 14,017 Missouri .....................: 6,348 6,405 6,304 6,554 7,477 6,637 : North Carolina ...............: 20,141 20,300 20,181 20,133 19,772 19,331 Oklahoma .....................: 4,499 4,346 3,621 4,124 3,769 4,208 Pennsylvania .................: 5,024 4,787 4,758 4,819 4,749 4,758 South Carolina ...............: 4,555 4,765 5,091 5,274 4,938 5,015 Texas ........................: 15,003 15,039 14,532 14,707 14,363 14,449 Virginia .....................: 5,684 6,164 5,399 6,200 5,749 5,878 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 11,392 10,316 10,763 10,901 11,550 9,997 : Other States .................: 9,438 9,469 9,933 10,090 9,868 10,115 : United States ................: 186,845 187,949 187,943 188,927 187,214 186,008 Percent of previous year .....: 101 102 99 100 98 97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Seth Riggins - Honey, Honey Bee Colonies ................................. (202) 690-4870 Autumn Stone - Layers, Eggs .............................................. (202) 690-3676 Takiyah Walker - Broiler Hatchery......................................... 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