Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released March 24, 2021, 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 2 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 237 million eggs in incubators during the week ending March 20, 2021, down 2 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 80.9 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 2 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 188 million chicks for meat production during the week ending March 20, 2021, down 2 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 9, 2021 through March 20, 2021 for the United States were 2.05 billion. Cumulative placements were down 2 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :February 13, :February 20, :February 27, : March 6, : March 13, : March 20, : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 33,702 33,308 33,416 33,607 33,438 33,161 Arkansas .....................: 24,195 23,913 24,194 24,084 24,092 24,265 Delaware .....................: 4,948 4,948 4,762 5,042 4,948 4,947 Florida ......................: 1,209 1,209 1,209 1,209 1,209 1,210 Georgia ......................: 35,097 34,634 34,704 34,812 34,592 34,737 Kentucky .....................: 8,037 7,877 8,063 8,050 7,852 7,962 Louisiana ....................: 3,562 2,284 3,485 3,562 3,441 3,265 Maryland .....................: 7,911 7,912 7,942 7,942 7,944 7,914 Mississippi ..................: 17,038 16,946 16,936 17,160 16,877 16,920 Missouri .....................: 9,197 9,116 9,014 9,316 9,450 9,232 : North Carolina ...............: 25,056 24,992 25,005 25,089 25,103 25,037 Oklahoma .....................: 7,279 6,595 7,582 7,156 7,168 6,693 Pennsylvania .................: 6,312 6,228 6,371 6,322 6,364 6,353 South Carolina ...............: 5,713 5,718 5,807 5,873 5,795 5,818 Texas ........................: 17,356 14,171 16,927 17,176 17,545 17,639 Virginia .....................: 6,458 6,303 6,423 6,500 6,530 6,470 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,853 13,131 13,039 12,493 13,312 13,045 : Other States .................: 11,693 11,630 12,169 12,323 12,362 12,279 : United States ................: 237,616 230,915 237,048 237,716 238,022 236,947 Percent of previous year .....: 99 97 99 99 100 98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :February 13, :February 20, :February 27, : March 6, : March 13, : March 20, : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 23,479 23,604 23,864 23,981 23,622 24,628 Arkansas .....................: 21,691 21,877 21,927 22,948 20,973 20,503 Delaware .....................: 5,320 4,050 3,958 5,578 4,848 5,028 Florida ......................: 1,304 1,370 1,354 1,278 1,362 1,351 Georgia ......................: 25,045 26,528 26,818 25,529 26,335 27,487 Kentucky .....................: 6,628 5,596 5,365 5,963 6,806 5,690 Louisiana ....................: 3,019 1,632 2,358 3,041 1,883 2,800 Maryland .....................: 5,731 5,374 6,241 4,672 5,791 5,648 Mississippi ..................: 13,870 13,777 14,430 14,402 14,273 13,980 Missouri .....................: 5,125 5,410 5,665 6,209 6,461 5,942 : North Carolina ...............: 19,810 20,048 20,015 20,689 20,279 20,892 Oklahoma .....................: 4,856 4,382 4,341 2,423 3,354 4,585 Pennsylvania .................: 5,058 4,388 4,976 4,714 4,553 4,701 South Carolina ...............: 5,789 5,184 5,211 5,910 5,432 4,598 Texas ........................: 13,990 14,124 14,904 13,993 11,552 14,749 Virginia .....................: 4,633 6,028 5,117 5,289 5,199 5,100 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 11,439 11,079 12,184 11,452 10,561 11,123 : Other States .................: 8,890 8,414 8,219 9,355 9,003 9,464 : United States ................: 185,677 182,865 186,947 187,426 182,287 188,269 Percent of previous year .....: 98 95 98 98 97 98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Vacant, Head, Poultry and Specialty Commodities Section ..................... (202) 690-3223 Holly Brenize - Poultry Slaughter......................................... (202) 720-0585 Alissa Cowell-Mytar - Cold Storage, Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses .. (202) 720-4751 Liana Cuffman - Catfish and Trout, Mink, Census of Aquaculture ........... (202) 720-8784 Fatema Haque - Turkey Hatchery, Turkeys Raised ........................... (202) 720-3244 Derron Martin - Chicken Hatchery, Egg Products............................ (202) 690-3237 Adam Peters - Honey, Honey Bee Colonies .................................. (202) 690-4870 Autumn Stone - Layers, Eggs .............................................. (202) 690-3676 Takiyah Walker - Broiler Hatchery......................................... 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