Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released November 28, 2018, 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 1 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 228 million eggs in incubators during the week ending November 24, 2018, up 1 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 82.2 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 1 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 173 million chicks for meat production during the week ending November 24, 2018, down 1 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 6, 2018 through November 24, 2018 for the United States were 8.55 billion. Cumulative placements were up 1 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : October 20, : October 27, : November 3, :November 10, :November 17, :November 24, : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 29,939 29,342 28,798 30,051 30,532 30,593 Arkansas .....................: 21,289 23,340 22,882 24,091 24,415 24,815 Delaware .....................: 4,738 4,667 4,667 4,696 4,722 4,696 Florida ......................: 1,105 1,100 1,147 1,194 1,194 1,194 Georgia ......................: 32,539 33,204 33,205 33,686 34,890 34,648 Kentucky .....................: 6,910 6,290 7,086 7,829 7,740 7,873 Louisiana ....................: 3,741 3,833 3,879 3,562 3,668 3,653 Maryland .....................: 7,353 8,013 7,926 7,863 7,939 7,986 Mississippi ..................: 17,963 18,497 17,159 17,659 18,367 18,569 Missouri .....................: 8,183 8,222 7,333 7,711 8,567 8,375 : North Carolina ...............: 20,608 22,079 21,899 22,083 22,459 22,367 Oklahoma .....................: 7,618 6,053 7,574 7,837 5,888 7,500 Pennsylvania .................: 5,571 5,198 5,055 5,080 5,402 5,377 South Carolina ...............: 5,890 5,483 4,976 5,616 5,939 5,562 Texas ........................: 15,872 15,955 14,659 15,994 16,007 16,343 Virginia .....................: 5,817 6,142 5,794 5,632 6,380 6,406 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 10,500 11,217 11,597 11,875 12,341 12,303 : Other States .................: 9,215 8,697 9,234 9,398 9,642 9,677 : United States ................: 214,851 217,332 214,870 221,857 226,092 227,937 Percent of previous year .....: 99 99 100 100 99 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : October 20, : October 27, : November 3, :November 10, :November 17, :November 24, : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 22,135 22,526 22,886 21,519 22,735 21,312 Arkansas .....................: 21,596 22,292 22,100 19,908 20,111 21,495 Delaware .....................: 4,695 4,850 4,311 5,043 3,892 4,469 Florida ......................: 694 741 828 739 1,301 1,328 Georgia ......................: 24,790 26,984 26,330 25,632 25,614 25,508 Kentucky .....................: 6,010 5,952 5,917 4,772 4,489 5,389 Louisiana ....................: 2,875 2,856 3,143 3,353 3,480 3,006 Maryland .....................: 6,072 5,233 6,840 4,707 7,193 6,929 Mississippi ..................: 13,800 14,378 13,844 15,232 15,423 14,228 Missouri .....................: 5,580 5,932 5,303 5,425 5,637 4,731 : North Carolina ...............: 15,472 15,364 15,614 17,273 17,679 16,973 Oklahoma .....................: 4,349 3,374 3,241 4,564 4,390 4,349 Pennsylvania .................: 4,045 3,955 4,216 3,941 3,841 3,890 South Carolina ...............: 4,862 4,151 4,889 4,484 4,134 4,804 Texas ........................: 12,206 12,235 12,685 12,936 12,943 11,884 Virginia .....................: 5,833 5,624 4,964 5,309 5,267 4,892 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 10,103 10,269 9,457 10,180 10,008 10,608 : Other States .................: 7,043 7,190 7,213 7,215 6,951 7,112 : United States ................: 172,160 173,906 173,781 172,232 175,088 172,907 Percent of previous year .....: 100 100 99 98 98 99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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@nass.usda.gov Travis Averill, Chief, Livestock Branch .......................................... (202) 720-3570 Tony Dorn, Head, Poultry and Specialty Commodities Section ....................... 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