Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released April 15, 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 5 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 221 million eggs in incubators during the week ending April 11, 2020, down 5 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 77.7 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 4 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 180 million chicks for meat production during the week ending April 11, 2020, down 4 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 4, 2020 through April 11, 2020 for the United States were 2.84 billion. Cumulative placements were up 3 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : March 7, : March 14, : March 21, : March 28, : April 4, : April 11, : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 34,066 34,216 33,838 34,043 32,825 30,441 Arkansas .....................: 23,595 24,202 24,368 23,081 22,316 21,427 Delaware .....................: 5,063 5,306 5,319 5,256 5,281 5,176 Florida ......................: 1,225 1,207 1,194 1,177 1,131 1,167 Georgia ......................: 35,323 34,849 35,080 35,250 33,985 33,054 Kentucky .....................: 7,111 7,760 7,749 7,497 7,911 7,617 Louisiana ....................: 3,850 3,879 3,865 3,802 3,167 3,485 Maryland .....................: 8,503 8,486 8,171 8,198 7,886 8,042 Mississippi ..................: 18,130 18,082 18,260 18,260 16,999 16,603 Missouri .....................: 9,096 8,809 8,952 9,003 8,233 8,309 : North Carolina ...............: 24,981 25,258 24,681 24,422 24,597 24,099 Oklahoma .....................: 7,882 7,973 7,196 7,820 7,116 6,519 Pennsylvania .................: 6,023 6,084 5,916 6,159 6,127 6,024 South Carolina ...............: 5,643 5,751 5,804 5,834 5,647 5,734 Texas ........................: 17,084 17,541 16,222 16,351 15,931 14,991 Virginia .....................: 6,498 6,392 6,485 6,260 6,361 5,477 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,915 12,734 12,760 13,180 13,087 12,504 : Other States .................: 11,836 11,887 11,591 12,161 11,173 10,613 : United States ................: 238,824 240,416 237,451 237,754 229,773 221,282 Percent of previous year .....: 103 103 103 102 99 95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : March 7, : March 14, : March 21, : March 28, : April 4, : April 11, : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 24,507 24,988 24,923 25,586 23,735 22,117 Arkansas .....................: 21,678 21,417 22,029 22,280 21,211 21,224 Delaware .....................: 4,854 4,939 5,318 4,967 5,402 4,943 Florida ......................: 1,314 1,235 1,326 1,336 1,307 1,336 Georgia ......................: 27,638 27,068 28,120 26,598 25,613 27,487 Kentucky .....................: 6,555 6,073 5,913 5,601 6,482 6,187 Louisiana ....................: 3,297 3,270 3,234 3,353 3,121 2,575 Maryland .....................: 5,761 5,052 5,875 5,421 5,973 6,105 Mississippi ..................: 15,421 14,889 15,182 15,191 14,386 14,179 Missouri .....................: 5,989 5,938 5,656 6,442 5,596 5,589 : North Carolina ...............: 20,355 20,003 20,831 20,181 20,486 19,839 Oklahoma .....................: 4,071 5,162 4,093 3,499 4,281 3,328 Pennsylvania .................: 4,172 4,469 4,442 4,368 4,401 4,194 South Carolina ...............: 4,644 5,265 4,534 4,874 4,915 4,104 Texas ........................: 11,871 12,736 12,734 12,717 12,872 12,739 Virginia .....................: 6,331 6,583 5,669 6,383 5,028 4,779 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 11,093 11,540 11,369 11,520 11,424 10,973 : Other States .................: 8,615 9,029 9,000 8,799 8,844 7,906 : United States ................: 188,166 189,656 190,248 189,116 185,077 179,604 Percent of previous year .....: 102 102 103 102 99 96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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