Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released June 16, 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 2 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 241 million eggs in incubators during the week ending June 12, 2021, up 2 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 80.0 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 1 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 188 million chicks for meat production during the week ending June 12, 2021, up 1 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 9, 2021 through June 12, 2021 for the United States were 4.30 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 :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : May 8, : May 15, : May 22, : May 29, : June 5, : June 12, : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 33,506 33,456 32,732 33,097 33,012 32,793 Arkansas .....................: 24,710 24,461 24,695 24,805 24,684 24,828 Delaware .....................: 4,791 4,699 4,820 5,040 5,004 4,997 Florida ......................: 1,209 1,209 1,209 1,209 1,202 1,202 Georgia ......................: 34,701 34,194 34,985 34,035 34,812 34,999 Kentucky .....................: 8,029 7,986 8,088 7,954 7,970 7,954 Louisiana ....................: 3,351 3,351 3,351 3,351 3,288 3,319 Maryland .....................: 7,942 7,928 7,939 7,940 7,942 7,940 Mississippi ..................: 16,349 16,404 16,495 17,098 17,029 17,182 Missouri .....................: 9,551 9,499 9,595 9,617 9,625 9,610 : North Carolina ...............: 25,393 25,267 25,476 25,287 25,373 25,120 Oklahoma .....................: 7,875 8,082 8,068 7,869 7,936 7,959 Pennsylvania .................: 6,451 6,547 6,546 6,566 6,591 6,481 South Carolina ...............: 5,801 5,921 5,885 5,824 5,842 5,829 Texas ........................: 18,645 18,582 18,411 18,158 18,229 18,290 Virginia .....................: 6,561 6,386 6,558 6,558 6,559 6,558 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,993 12,752 13,010 12,682 13,245 12,962 : Other States .................: 12,686 12,506 12,244 12,665 12,696 12,533 : United States ................: 240,544 239,230 240,107 239,755 241,039 240,556 Percent of previous year .....: 107 105 105 102 102 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : May 8, : May 15, : May 22, : May 29, : June 5, : June 12, : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 23,809 24,155 23,553 22,829 23,350 22,483 Arkansas .....................: 22,069 21,456 21,585 21,961 21,545 22,156 Delaware .....................: 3,942 4,178 4,704 4,404 4,800 5,323 Florida ......................: 1,241 1,357 1,327 1,241 1,276 1,276 Georgia ......................: 26,459 26,500 25,388 26,863 26,054 26,879 Kentucky .....................: 5,242 6,453 5,720 5,757 6,280 6,056 Louisiana ....................: 2,936 2,757 3,081 2,859 2,879 2,851 Maryland .....................: 6,323 6,429 5,589 6,222 5,320 4,962 Mississippi ..................: 14,163 13,783 13,934 13,494 13,332 13,638 Missouri .....................: 6,881 6,890 6,565 5,854 6,348 5,928 : North Carolina ...............: 20,485 19,935 19,782 20,641 20,148 20,402 Oklahoma .....................: 3,379 3,779 4,339 4,942 4,499 4,555 Pennsylvania .................: 4,797 5,001 4,832 4,838 5,009 4,792 South Carolina ...............: 4,688 4,893 5,723 5,219 4,555 4,866 Texas ........................: 14,547 15,347 15,026 14,886 15,003 15,019 Virginia .....................: 5,723 5,311 5,591 5,088 5,684 6,059 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 11,403 9,993 11,191 11,233 11,392 11,435 : Other States .................: 9,861 9,537 9,830 9,793 9,438 9,106 : United States ................: 187,948 187,754 187,760 188,124 186,912 187,786 Percent of previous year .....: 114 106 108 104 101 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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