Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released July 6, 2022, 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 239 million eggs in incubators during the week ending July 2, 2022, up slightly from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 80.1 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 191 million chicks for meat production during the week ending July 2, 2022, up 2 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 8, 2022 through July 2, 2022 for the United States were 4.87 billion. Cumulative placements were up slightly from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : May 28, : June 4, : June 11, : June 18, : June 25, : July 2, : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 34,409 34,628 34,581 34,287 34,723 34,434 Arkansas .....................: 24,933 24,867 24,969 24,388 23,237 22,498 Delaware .....................: 4,962 5,206 5,175 5,059 5,059 5,036 Florida ......................: 1,194 1,194 1,194 1,194 1,194 1,194 Georgia ......................: 34,805 34,823 34,999 35,279 34,739 35,105 Kentucky .....................: 6,472 6,559 6,482 6,539 6,426 6,587 Louisiana ....................: 3,351 3,319 3,289 3,320 3,230 3,144 Maryland .....................: 8,034 8,276 8,275 8,032 8,051 8,065 Mississippi ..................: 17,487 17,487 17,238 16,793 17,095 16,884 Missouri .....................: 9,573 9,546 9,451 9,546 9,520 9,552 : North Carolina ...............: 26,331 26,048 26,311 26,029 26,369 25,778 Oklahoma .....................: 7,485 7,851 7,698 7,772 7,800 7,786 Pennsylvania .................: 6,668 6,580 6,477 6,807 6,625 6,698 South Carolina ...............: 5,716 5,591 5,678 5,816 5,809 5,624 Texas ........................: 18,873 18,699 19,083 18,676 18,814 18,536 Virginia .....................: 6,483 6,180 6,816 6,861 6,860 6,861 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 13,426 13,302 12,964 12,983 13,217 12,983 : Other States .................: 12,725 12,572 11,944 12,659 12,463 12,241 : United States ................: 242,927 242,728 242,624 242,040 241,231 239,006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : May 28, : June 4, : June 11, : June 18, : June 25, : July 2, : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 24,684 24,205 24,997 25,344 25,754 26,367 Arkansas .....................: 21,678 22,026 21,594 21,154 22,016 22,303 Delaware .....................: 4,352 5,466 4,639 4,209 5,125 5,288 Florida ......................: 1,212 1,269 1,284 1,229 1,263 1,289 Georgia ......................: 28,078 28,008 27,030 25,133 26,353 25,697 Kentucky .....................: 5,074 5,581 5,306 5,501 5,474 5,785 Louisiana ....................: 2,856 2,816 2,828 2,756 2,771 2,726 Maryland .....................: 5,551 4,583 5,785 5,975 5,974 5,220 Mississippi ..................: 13,937 13,777 14,202 14,525 14,126 13,900 Missouri .....................: 6,318 7,043 6,155 6,440 6,839 6,368 : North Carolina ...............: 19,849 20,025 20,541 20,705 20,338 21,017 Oklahoma .....................: 4,776 3,655 4,873 5,466 4,382 4,328 Pennsylvania .................: 4,217 4,432 4,460 4,471 4,522 4,384 South Carolina ...............: 4,718 4,668 4,931 5,061 4,637 4,506 Texas ........................: 15,065 15,065 14,712 14,759 14,589 14,924 Virginia .....................: 6,370 6,597 6,444 6,304 5,119 6,218 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 10,622 11,410 11,980 12,240 11,782 11,347 : Other States .................: 9,695 9,577 9,243 9,382 9,425 9,018 : United States ................: 189,052 190,203 191,004 190,654 190,489 190,685 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ................ 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