Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released July 8, 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 231 million eggs in incubators during the week ending July 4, 2020, down 1 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 82.6 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 4, 2020, up 2 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 4, 2020 through July 4, 2020 for the United States were 5.02 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 :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : May 30, : June 6, : June 13, : June 20, : June 27, : July 4, : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 33,312 32,911 33,050 32,968 32,502 32,217 Arkansas .....................: 23,060 23,471 23,549 23,249 22,396 22,852 Delaware .....................: 5,056 5,021 5,030 4,948 5,026 5,031 Florida ......................: 1,264 1,194 1,194 1,198 1,069 1,069 Georgia ......................: 34,687 34,577 34,762 34,551 34,099 33,944 Kentucky .....................: 6,533 7,494 7,469 7,394 7,756 7,295 Louisiana ....................: 3,486 3,410 3,501 3,370 3,219 3,319 Maryland .....................: 8,087 8,120 8,359 8,465 8,235 8,041 Mississippi ..................: 17,021 17,304 17,380 17,504 17,473 17,278 Missouri .....................: 9,069 9,070 8,609 8,642 8,378 8,489 : North Carolina ...............: 24,778 24,718 25,450 24,085 25,155 25,049 Oklahoma .....................: 7,597 7,375 6,934 6,437 6,479 6,444 Pennsylvania .................: 6,602 6,666 6,088 6,524 6,389 6,284 South Carolina ...............: 6,066 5,752 5,709 5,831 5,656 5,776 Texas ........................: 18,046 17,979 17,909 18,065 17,891 17,370 Virginia .....................: 6,425 6,381 6,425 6,396 6,327 6,357 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,903 12,925 13,285 13,073 12,559 12,546 : Other States .................: 11,820 11,491 11,399 11,603 11,660 11,438 : United States ................: 235,812 235,859 236,102 234,303 232,269 230,799 Percent of previous year .....: 100 100 102 100 101 99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : May 30, : June 6, : June 13, : June 20, : June 27, : July 4, : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 23,652 23,914 24,372 24,572 24,407 24,317 Arkansas .....................: 20,848 21,374 21,011 22,085 20,549 20,959 Delaware .....................: 4,865 4,647 3,657 4,700 4,544 5,176 Florida ......................: 1,344 1,332 1,325 1,229 1,339 1,319 Georgia ......................: 26,487 27,037 27,150 27,739 28,046 27,696 Kentucky .....................: 6,936 6,271 5,942 4,674 5,942 6,149 Louisiana ....................: 2,763 2,850 2,961 3,090 2,939 3,047 Maryland .....................: 4,696 5,576 6,862 5,728 5,744 5,634 Mississippi ..................: 14,028 14,229 14,497 14,393 14,609 14,924 Missouri .....................: 5,947 6,997 6,226 5,982 5,790 5,922 : North Carolina ...............: 20,009 17,854 20,610 20,741 20,087 20,921 Oklahoma .....................: 3,759 3,261 4,394 3,450 5,061 4,684 Pennsylvania .................: 4,785 4,804 4,826 5,066 5,049 4,483 South Carolina ...............: 4,476 4,857 5,075 4,834 4,844 4,682 Texas ........................: 14,458 14,390 14,636 14,766 14,949 14,871 Virginia .....................: 5,872 5,291 5,298 5,595 5,719 5,662 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 10,578 11,700 11,696 11,678 11,725 11,394 : Other States .................: 9,098 8,784 9,228 9,233 9,126 9,190 : United States ................: 184,601 185,168 189,766 189,555 190,469 191,030 Percent of previous year .....: 97 97 100 99 100 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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