Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released May 27, 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 Down 2 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 231 million eggs in incubators during the week ending May 23, 2020, down 2 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 82.3 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 5 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 180 million chicks for meat production during the week ending May 23, 2020, down 5 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 4, 2020 through May 23, 2020 for the United States were 3.89 billion. Cumulative placements were down slightly from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : April 18, : April 25, : May 2, : May 9, : May 16, : May 23, : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 31,001 31,487 31,382 32,099 33,008 32,771 Arkansas .....................: 22,134 21,180 22,212 22,239 22,966 22,963 Delaware .....................: 4,477 3,814 3,591 4,917 5,024 5,091 Florida ......................: 1,163 1,069 1,100 1,163 1,163 1,100 Georgia ......................: 34,012 33,558 33,732 34,229 34,324 33,924 Kentucky .....................: 7,214 7,065 7,547 7,652 7,659 7,613 Louisiana ....................: 3,470 2,971 3,077 3,093 3,244 3,335 Maryland .....................: 7,838 8,059 8,020 8,080 8,100 8,034 Mississippi ..................: 16,921 16,877 16,746 16,758 16,986 17,433 Missouri .....................: 8,368 8,552 8,425 9,022 8,958 9,102 : North Carolina ...............: 22,208 19,562 22,846 24,183 24,180 24,060 Oklahoma .....................: 6,698 6,911 7,060 6,805 6,751 7,492 Pennsylvania .................: 6,094 6,262 5,853 6,175 6,117 6,119 South Carolina ...............: 5,670 5,238 5,644 5,313 5,594 5,676 Texas ........................: 17,529 15,167 16,748 17,832 17,662 17,058 Virginia .....................: 4,587 4,659 4,946 6,186 6,017 5,478 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,461 11,360 12,808 12,282 12,756 12,603 : Other States .................: 11,343 10,914 11,207 11,823 11,367 11,260 : United States ................: 223,188 214,705 222,944 229,851 231,876 231,112 Percent of previous year .....: 95 92 96 99 99 98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : April 18, : April 25, : May 2, : May 9, : May 16, : May 23, : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 23,345 21,672 22,203 23,456 23,208 23,167 Arkansas .....................: 20,140 19,814 18,746 20,481 19,269 20,908 Delaware .....................: 5,155 4,073 2,975 4,171 3,661 4,297 Florida ......................: 1,238 1,299 1,442 1,325 1,295 1,267 Georgia ......................: 25,207 25,248 23,629 24,426 26,408 25,876 Kentucky .....................: 5,890 5,965 5,479 5,770 5,473 6,592 Louisiana ....................: 2,403 2,018 2,303 2,526 2,477 2,580 Maryland .....................: 5,634 3,853 3,150 4,444 4,939 4,510 Mississippi ..................: 14,296 14,396 13,558 14,162 14,233 14,043 Missouri .....................: 5,472 4,904 5,550 4,971 5,368 5,784 : North Carolina ...............: 19,292 17,739 16,260 17,635 16,362 19,994 Oklahoma .....................: 4,350 4,508 4,705 4,431 4,286 3,430 Pennsylvania .................: 4,469 4,443 4,354 4,376 4,461 4,114 South Carolina ...............: 3,663 4,097 4,616 5,290 4,668 4,654 Texas ........................: 13,805 13,599 13,140 13,998 12,731 14,200 Virginia .....................: 4,385 4,696 4,377 4,370 4,945 4,716 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 10,772 11,073 9,900 11,195 9,831 10,587 : Other States .................: 8,875 8,177 8,098 8,884 9,027 8,814 : United States ................: 178,391 171,574 164,485 175,911 172,642 179,533 Percent of previous year .....: 95 92 87 92 91 95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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