Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released March 13, 2019, 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 2 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 233 million eggs in incubators during the week ending March 9, 2019, up 2 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 Up 1 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 186 million chicks for meat production during the week ending March 9, 2019, up 1 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 5, 2019 through March 9, 2019 for the United States were 1.84 billion. Cumulative placements were up 1 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : February 2, : February 9, :February 16, :February 23, : March 2, : March 9, : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 31,440 31,704 31,611 31,515 31,832 31,635 Arkansas .....................: 23,914 24,599 24,776 25,105 24,898 25,181 Delaware .....................: 5,467 5,467 5,225 5,342 5,127 5,326 Florida ......................: 1,209 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,194 Georgia ......................: 34,390 33,914 34,607 34,406 34,627 34,760 Kentucky .....................: 7,903 7,710 7,675 7,803 7,760 7,621 Louisiana ....................: 3,774 3,743 3,803 3,803 3,803 3,803 Maryland .....................: 8,093 8,172 7,896 8,253 8,173 8,005 Mississippi ..................: 18,317 18,231 18,498 18,655 16,721 17,724 Missouri .....................: 8,217 8,150 8,381 8,478 8,421 8,717 : North Carolina ...............: 23,634 22,454 23,780 23,252 24,136 24,182 Oklahoma .....................: 7,750 7,702 7,549 7,683 7,505 7,585 Pennsylvania .................: 5,344 5,075 5,174 5,220 5,167 5,206 South Carolina ...............: 5,651 5,704 5,690 5,906 5,832 5,936 Texas ........................: 16,925 16,802 16,992 17,256 17,249 17,359 Virginia .....................: 6,454 6,351 6,312 6,489 6,621 6,469 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 11,884 11,500 11,462 12,692 12,646 12,593 : Other States .................: 9,757 9,841 9,827 9,665 9,747 9,856 : United States ................: 230,123 228,344 230,483 232,748 231,490 233,152 Percent of previous year .....: 101 101 101 102 101 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : February 2, : February 9, :February 16, :February 23, : March 2, : March 9, : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 22,984 22,739 23,481 22,978 22,190 22,595 Arkansas .....................: 22,669 21,397 20,899 20,982 24,162 22,522 Delaware .....................: 5,221 4,669 5,096 5,382 4,470 4,797 Florida ......................: 1,323 1,335 1,303 1,221 1,342 1,335 Georgia ......................: 27,644 27,609 26,798 27,515 27,917 28,857 Kentucky .....................: 5,790 5,982 6,060 6,209 5,788 6,836 Louisiana ....................: 3,195 3,149 3,167 3,222 3,234 3,274 Maryland .....................: 5,725 6,609 6,137 5,963 6,601 6,017 Mississippi ..................: 15,477 15,490 15,380 15,521 15,577 15,815 Missouri .....................: 6,157 5,978 6,155 6,069 4,789 6,139 : North Carolina ...............: 18,960 18,339 17,729 18,746 17,583 18,709 Oklahoma .....................: 3,727 4,660 5,002 4,653 3,260 3,727 Pennsylvania .................: 3,867 3,964 3,951 3,909 3,810 3,835 South Carolina ...............: 4,782 5,117 5,433 5,189 5,265 4,206 Texas ........................: 13,021 13,568 13,118 13,653 13,649 13,874 Virginia .....................: 5,463 5,084 6,096 5,686 6,019 5,701 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 10,229 9,833 10,462 10,022 10,222 9,936 : Other States .................: 7,776 7,759 7,321 7,379 7,755 7,702 : United States ................: 184,010 183,281 183,588 184,299 183,633 185,877 Percent of previous year .....: 102 103 102 102 101 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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