Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released November 9, 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 Down 1 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 232 million eggs in incubators during the week ending November 5, 2022, down 1 percent 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 5 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 187 million chicks for meat production during the week ending November 5, 2022, up 5 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 8, 2022 through November 5, 2022 for the United States were 8.29 billion. Cumulative placements were up 2 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : October 1, : October 8, : October 15, : October 22, : October 29, : November 5, : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 33,143 34,775 33,417 32,697 33,950 33,269 Arkansas .....................: 25,297 23,719 23,924 23,960 23,885 24,152 Delaware .....................: 4,729 4,711 4,593 4,566 4,939 5,180 Florida ......................: 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 Georgia ......................: 35,117 35,117 35,733 35,029 33,575 34,085 Kentucky .....................: 6,545 6,412 6,316 6,356 6,396 5,608 Louisiana ....................: 3,138 3,340 3,441 3,532 3,396 3,516 Maryland .....................: 8,003 8,043 8,005 8,014 7,869 8,004 Mississippi ..................: 16,499 15,813 16,029 16,303 15,705 15,860 Missouri .....................: 9,313 9,699 9,632 9,351 8,573 9,033 : North Carolina ...............: 24,295 24,128 24,956 24,590 23,990 23,717 Oklahoma .....................: 7,607 7,541 6,862 7,129 7,218 7,718 Pennsylvania .................: 7,215 6,959 6,870 6,807 6,412 6,823 South Carolina ...............: 5,837 5,520 5,650 5,915 5,568 5,581 Texas ........................: 18,945 17,814 18,746 18,231 18,433 16,701 Virginia .....................: 6,623 6,599 6,785 6,757 6,932 6,050 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 13,517 13,793 13,058 12,649 13,417 13,022 : Other States .................: 12,664 12,216 12,589 12,343 13,051 12,674 : United States ................: 239,712 237,424 237,831 235,454 234,534 232,218 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : October 1, : October 8, : October 15, : October 22, : October 29, : November 5, : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 25,689 24,315 25,558 23,762 25,037 23,249 Arkansas .....................: 21,257 21,427 22,725 23,021 20,711 20,962 Delaware .....................: 4,604 5,943 5,824 4,012 4,702 5,308 Florida ......................: 1,321 1,294 1,217 1,212 1,329 1,342 Georgia ......................: 26,743 26,371 25,322 25,996 26,806 26,923 Kentucky .....................: 5,479 5,723 5,480 5,442 5,648 5,220 Louisiana ....................: 3,133 3,009 3,135 2,617 2,776 2,786 Maryland .....................: 6,055 4,388 4,811 6,052 4,925 4,741 Mississippi ..................: 13,539 13,469 14,066 13,840 12,864 13,124 Missouri .....................: 6,260 6,569 6,758 6,538 7,329 6,981 : North Carolina ...............: 18,901 19,759 20,371 19,469 18,384 19,579 Oklahoma .....................: 4,775 5,020 3,965 3,396 3,871 4,639 Pennsylvania .................: 4,784 4,855 4,641 4,939 4,720 4,732 South Carolina ...............: 5,101 3,861 5,190 4,931 4,488 5,334 Texas ........................: 15,187 14,498 14,885 15,155 14,189 14,830 Virginia .....................: 5,787 6,061 5,997 6,472 5,997 6,339 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 10,909 11,252 11,886 11,191 11,562 11,458 : Other States .................: 9,358 9,238 8,856 9,585 9,329 9,421 : United States ................: 188,882 187,052 190,687 187,630 184,667 186,968 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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