Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released October 7, 2020, 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 Slightly Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 220 million eggs in incubators during the week ending 3, 2020, up slightly 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 Up 2 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 182 million chicks for meat production during the week ending October 3, 2020, up 2 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 4, 2020 through October 3, 2020 for the United States were 7.43 billion. Cumulative placements were down 1 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : August 29, :September 5, :September 12,:September 19,:September 26,: October 3, : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 32,858 32,256 32,241 31,591 32,262 30,244 Arkansas .....................: 24,031 23,173 22,272 22,837 23,763 23,112 Delaware .....................: 4,082 4,797 4,796 4,015 4,797 4,796 Florida ......................: 1,163 1,163 1,163 1,163 1,163 1,209 Georgia ......................: 34,275 33,198 33,574 32,644 33,573 32,985 Kentucky .....................: 7,759 7,771 6,698 7,107 7,372 7,710 Louisiana ....................: 3,319 3,319 3,067 3,409 3,288 3,062 Maryland .....................: 8,131 8,145 7,111 7,638 7,901 7,631 Mississippi ..................: 16,654 16,016 16,325 15,968 16,812 15,614 Missouri .....................: 8,888 8,851 8,825 8,029 8,299 8,521 : North Carolina ...............: 23,963 22,628 22,965 22,896 23,813 22,900 Oklahoma .....................: 7,279 6,747 7,325 6,523 7,192 6,331 Pennsylvania .................: 6,387 6,360 6,326 6,340 6,222 6,091 South Carolina ...............: 5,725 5,265 5,754 5,774 5,253 5,339 Texas ........................: 16,794 16,100 16,820 16,589 16,434 15,576 Virginia .....................: 6,161 6,005 6,021 5,847 6,320 6,054 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,916 12,346 12,772 11,617 12,282 12,016 : Other States .................: 11,142 11,275 11,383 11,352 10,495 10,681 : United States ................: 231,527 225,415 225,438 221,339 227,241 219,872 Percent of previous year .....: 100 100 101 97 100 100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : August 29, :September 5, :September 12,:September 19,:September 26,: October 3, : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 24,416 23,969 24,288 24,782 23,215 23,809 Arkansas .....................: 21,422 21,396 21,545 21,893 20,990 20,992 Delaware .....................: 4,420 4,407 5,010 4,213 5,417 5,088 Florida ......................: 1,315 1,310 1,304 1,298 1,281 1,279 Georgia ......................: 26,523 27,377 26,217 25,807 25,765 26,170 Kentucky .....................: 5,376 5,758 5,880 6,240 6,831 5,299 Louisiana ....................: 2,744 2,829 2,933 2,957 2,960 2,782 Maryland .....................: 5,966 6,581 5,312 5,779 5,198 5,505 Mississippi ..................: 14,414 14,576 14,406 14,153 13,676 13,929 Missouri .....................: 6,433 5,874 5,641 6,312 5,874 6,455 : North Carolina ...............: 20,360 20,008 19,508 19,394 18,399 18,283 Oklahoma .....................: 4,028 4,840 4,896 4,335 4,493 3,781 Pennsylvania .................: 4,962 4,886 4,839 4,825 4,825 4,802 South Carolina ...............: 4,346 4,354 5,680 5,219 4,690 5,197 Texas ........................: 14,540 14,465 14,472 13,864 13,365 13,758 Virginia .....................: 5,983 5,126 5,651 5,360 5,417 4,846 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 10,397 10,424 10,909 11,383 10,599 11,337 : Other States .................: 8,630 8,532 8,347 8,482 8,469 8,764 : United States ................: 186,275 186,712 186,838 186,296 181,464 182,076 Percent of previous year .....: 99 99 100 100 99 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. 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 Tony Dorn, 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 Adam Peters - Honey, Honey Bee Colonies .................................. (202) 690-4870 Autumn Stone - Layers, Eggs .............................................. (202) 690-3676 Takiyah Walker - Broiler Hatchery......................................... 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