Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released November 25, 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 1 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 235 million eggs in incubators during the week ending November 21, 2020, down 1 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 82.1 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 Down 2 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 177 million chicks for meat production during the week ending November 21, 2020, down 2 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 4, 2020 through November 21, 2020 for the United States were 8.67 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 :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : October 17, : October 24, : October 31, : November 7, :November 14, :November 21, : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 31,563 31,655 29,245 30,549 31,969 31,949 Arkansas .....................: 21,345 21,843 22,791 23,740 23,723 24,178 Delaware .....................: 4,669 4,669 4,669 4,762 4,669 4,669 Florida ......................: 1,209 1,209 1,209 1,209 1,209 1,209 Georgia ......................: 32,774 33,514 33,064 31,877 33,850 34,029 Kentucky .....................: 7,021 7,846 7,200 6,854 7,808 7,798 Louisiana ....................: 3,133 3,409 3,289 3,138 3,304 3,364 Maryland .....................: 7,640 7,631 7,602 7,605 7,409 7,636 Mississippi ..................: 15,907 16,752 16,185 17,180 17,513 17,784 Missouri .....................: 8,072 8,149 8,091 8,345 9,215 9,199 : North Carolina ...............: 22,235 24,008 23,562 23,577 24,432 24,560 Oklahoma .....................: 6,215 6,443 6,472 6,600 6,923 6,930 Pennsylvania .................: 6,311 6,098 6,231 6,322 6,295 6,293 South Carolina ...............: 5,605 5,639 4,708 5,640 5,765 5,421 Texas ........................: 16,711 16,667 17,719 16,476 17,733 18,183 Virginia .....................: 6,205 6,212 5,971 5,951 6,445 6,460 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 11,997 12,284 12,174 11,910 12,939 13,328 : Other States .................: 11,365 9,974 9,806 11,185 12,468 11,843 : United States ................: 219,977 224,002 219,988 222,920 233,669 234,833 Percent of previous year .....: 98 98 98 98 99 99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : October 17, : October 24, : October 31, : November 7, :November 14, :November 21, : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 23,846 21,467 23,152 23,102 23,484 22,035 Arkansas .....................: 20,992 20,479 20,058 17,306 19,547 20,642 Delaware .....................: 4,364 4,400 4,353 3,844 4,771 4,333 Florida ......................: 1,305 1,338 1,249 1,340 1,340 1,339 Georgia ......................: 26,195 23,886 25,812 25,580 26,258 24,306 Kentucky .....................: 5,825 5,780 5,568 4,909 6,268 6,190 Louisiana ....................: 2,950 2,671 2,925 2,496 2,956 2,892 Maryland .....................: 5,516 4,845 4,650 5,323 5,118 6,269 Mississippi ..................: 14,313 13,275 13,950 13,278 14,249 13,859 Missouri .....................: 5,370 5,565 6,457 5,073 5,673 5,749 : North Carolina ...............: 19,191 18,027 17,981 18,474 19,810 19,508 Oklahoma .....................: 4,242 4,329 3,179 5,860 4,042 3,208 Pennsylvania .................: 4,698 4,594 4,781 4,775 4,597 4,713 South Carolina ...............: 5,149 4,130 5,098 4,584 4,669 4,809 Texas ........................: 13,591 12,953 13,737 13,443 13,684 14,792 Virginia .....................: 6,018 4,798 6,222 6,286 5,594 4,302 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 10,030 9,883 10,572 10,152 10,666 10,102 : Other States .................: 8,198 8,408 9,283 9,243 7,438 7,481 : United States ................: 181,793 170,828 179,027 175,068 180,164 176,529 Percent of previous year .....: 99 97 101 97 98 98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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