Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released November 20, 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 3 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 235 million eggs in incubators during the week ending November 16, 2019, up 3 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 82.4 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 4 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 183 million chicks for meat production during the week ending November 16, 2019, up 4 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 5, 2019 through November 16, 2019 for the United States were 8.54 billion. Cumulative placements were up 2 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : October 12, : October 19, : October 26, : November 2, : November 9, :November 16, : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 31,598 30,538 31,308 30,782 31,054 33,014 Arkansas .....................: 20,913 21,470 22,809 22,872 22,462 23,668 Delaware .....................: 4,872 5,152 5,274 5,023 4,960 4,961 Florida ......................: 1,163 1,163 1,163 1,163 1,178 1,178 Georgia ......................: 33,326 33,859 33,255 31,930 33,012 34,607 Kentucky .....................: 7,523 7,326 7,882 7,980 6,892 7,791 Louisiana ....................: 3,677 3,879 3,864 3,334 3,607 3,456 Maryland .....................: 7,102 7,592 7,286 7,877 8,014 7,763 Mississippi ..................: 16,385 17,742 18,278 17,196 17,548 18,111 Missouri .....................: 8,288 8,332 8,136 8,104 7,710 8,961 : North Carolina ...............: 22,589 23,908 23,500 23,851 23,594 24,166 Oklahoma .....................: 6,224 6,433 7,782 7,714 7,393 7,691 Pennsylvania .................: 5,760 5,579 4,944 5,464 5,781 5,818 South Carolina ...............: 5,505 5,727 5,827 5,359 5,590 5,738 Texas ........................: 16,183 16,944 17,356 17,114 15,658 17,610 Virginia .....................: 6,408 6,498 6,454 5,990 6,302 6,294 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 11,967 11,154 12,386 12,730 11,160 12,495 : Other States .................: 9,956 9,927 9,975 9,832 10,319 11,187 : United States ................: 219,439 223,223 227,479 224,315 222,234 234,509 Percent of previous year .....: 101 104 105 104 100 103 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : October 12, : October 19, : October 26, : November 2, : November 9, :November 16, : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 21,680 23,447 23,657 23,497 22,663 24,400 Arkansas .....................: 21,487 22,902 21,444 19,661 18,661 20,409 Delaware .....................: 5,370 6,240 5,237 4,069 4,836 5,933 Florida ......................: 1,286 1,312 1,270 1,195 1,284 1,286 Georgia ......................: 28,389 27,362 25,577 26,480 27,001 23,802 Kentucky .....................: 5,406 5,912 6,165 6,307 5,846 6,353 Louisiana ....................: 3,078 3,367 2,804 3,192 3,292 3,560 Maryland .....................: 5,093 4,393 5,259 5,745 5,085 4,307 Mississippi ..................: 14,626 14,289 12,564 13,621 14,641 15,435 Missouri .....................: 6,274 6,227 5,731 5,621 5,650 5,900 : North Carolina ...............: 19,212 19,080 18,282 18,397 18,929 19,892 Oklahoma .....................: 3,366 2,789 3,870 3,248 4,246 4,791 Pennsylvania .................: 4,194 3,697 4,326 4,285 4,173 3,727 South Carolina ...............: 4,521 5,048 4,268 5,116 5,060 5,391 Texas ........................: 13,877 13,541 13,464 13,477 13,434 13,766 Virginia .....................: 5,616 5,537 4,929 5,763 6,102 5,785 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 9,719 9,925 10,429 10,414 10,418 10,490 : Other States .................: 8,500 7,399 7,274 7,557 7,545 7,637 : United States ................: 181,694 182,467 176,550 177,645 178,866 182,864 Percent of previous year .....: 102 106 101 102 104 104 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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