Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released June 24, 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 Up 1 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 235 million eggs in incubators during the week ending June 20, 2020, up 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 1 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 189 million chicks for meat production during the week ending June 20, 2020, down 1 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 4, 2020 through June 20, 2020 for the United States were 4.64 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 :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : May 16, : May 23, : May 30, : June 6, : June 13, : June 20, : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 32,963 33,016 33,312 32,911 32,915 32,968 Arkansas .....................: 22,966 22,963 23,060 23,471 23,549 23,249 Delaware .....................: 4,976 5,120 5,056 5,021 5,016 5,012 Florida ......................: 1,163 1,194 1,264 1,194 1,194 1,198 Georgia ......................: 34,324 34,393 34,588 34,257 34,606 34,551 Kentucky .....................: 7,659 7,484 6,533 7,494 7,469 7,394 Louisiana ....................: 3,244 3,365 3,486 3,410 3,501 3,370 Maryland .....................: 8,129 8,063 8,087 8,120 8,359 8,435 Mississippi ..................: 16,669 17,117 17,021 17,304 17,380 17,504 Missouri .....................: 8,958 9,102 9,069 9,070 8,556 8,642 : North Carolina ...............: 21,381 24,787 24,778 24,776 25,356 24,987 Oklahoma .....................: 7,276 7,492 7,597 7,375 6,934 6,437 Pennsylvania .................: 6,160 6,167 6,308 6,251 5,911 6,272 South Carolina ...............: 5,594 5,812 6,066 5,752 5,709 5,831 Texas ........................: 17,662 17,581 18,046 17,979 17,909 18,065 Virginia .....................: 6,017 6,367 6,425 6,381 6,425 6,396 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,873 13,058 12,903 12,929 13,174 13,307 : Other States .................: 11,367 11,682 11,734 11,360 11,335 11,563 : United States ................: 229,381 234,763 235,333 235,055 235,298 235,181 Percent of previous year .....: 97 100 100 100 102 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : May 16, : May 23, : May 30, : June 6, : June 13, : June 20, : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 23,232 22,945 23,652 23,915 24,372 24,572 Arkansas .....................: 19,474 21,163 20,848 21,372 21,011 22,085 Delaware .....................: 3,263 4,687 4,865 4,647 4,789 4,354 Florida ......................: 1,295 1,192 1,341 1,331 1,325 1,229 Georgia ......................: 26,404 26,257 26,488 27,038 27,150 27,739 Kentucky .....................: 5,473 6,246 6,935 6,270 5,942 4,674 Louisiana ....................: 2,687 2,748 2,763 2,849 2,961 3,090 Maryland .....................: 5,134 4,225 4,699 5,578 6,225 6,036 Mississippi ..................: 13,998 13,849 14,028 14,230 14,497 14,393 Missouri .....................: 5,368 5,900 5,949 6,998 6,226 5,982 : North Carolina ...............: 14,744 19,828 20,008 17,854 20,261 20,664 Oklahoma .....................: 4,286 3,430 3,757 3,255 4,394 3,450 Pennsylvania .................: 4,569 4,177 4,390 4,429 4,462 4,534 South Carolina ...............: 4,607 5,075 4,475 4,857 5,075 4,834 Texas ........................: 14,202 14,018 14,457 14,388 14,636 14,766 Virginia .....................: 5,539 5,736 5,994 5,411 5,073 5,676 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 10,152 10,682 10,649 11,769 11,721 11,615 : Other States .................: 9,136 8,925 9,081 8,869 9,089 9,199 : United States ................: 173,563 181,083 184,379 185,060 189,209 188,892 Percent of previous year .....: 91 96 97 97 100 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. 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