Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released July 27, 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 Up 1 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 242 million eggs in incubators during the week ending July 23, 2022, up 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 2 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 189 million chicks for meat production during the week ending July 23, 2022, up 2 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 8, 2022 through July 23, 2022 for the United States were 5.44 billion. Cumulative placements were up slightly from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : June 18, : June 25, : July 2, : July 9, : July 16, : July 23, : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 34,287 34,602 34,404 35,008 34,218 34,580 Arkansas .....................: 24,388 23,579 24,572 24,793 24,877 24,810 Delaware .....................: 5,059 5,059 4,723 4,816 4,911 5,007 Florida ......................: 1,194 1,194 1,194 1,147 1,163 1,194 Georgia ......................: 35,279 34,739 35,105 35,085 34,682 35,162 Kentucky .....................: 6,539 6,426 6,587 6,566 6,566 6,698 Louisiana ....................: 3,320 3,230 3,290 3,351 3,381 3,441 Maryland .....................: 8,032 8,051 8,065 8,055 8,067 8,058 Mississippi ..................: 16,793 16,921 16,963 16,960 16,449 16,105 Missouri .....................: 9,546 9,520 9,552 9,552 9,567 9,590 : North Carolina ...............: 25,913 26,369 25,778 26,317 25,093 26,232 Oklahoma .....................: 7,772 7,800 7,786 7,719 7,828 7,205 Pennsylvania .................: 6,807 6,625 6,669 6,554 6,732 6,720 South Carolina ...............: 5,816 5,809 5,624 5,701 5,876 5,852 Texas ........................: 18,676 18,814 18,536 18,829 18,062 18,295 Virginia .....................: 6,861 6,860 6,861 6,815 6,800 6,861 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,983 13,217 13,209 13,021 13,487 13,535 : Other States .................: 12,659 12,463 12,241 12,650 12,575 12,257 : United States ................: 241,924 241,278 241,159 242,939 240,334 241,602 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : June 18, : June 25, : July 2, : July 9, : July 16, : July 23, : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 25,344 25,748 26,492 25,139 24,545 24,667 Arkansas .....................: 21,154 22,000 22,156 21,056 21,519 21,318 Delaware .....................: 4,209 5,125 4,937 4,225 5,041 5,312 Florida ......................: 1,229 1,263 1,289 1,284 1,255 1,248 Georgia ......................: 25,133 26,353 25,743 27,792 26,811 27,355 Kentucky .....................: 5,501 5,474 5,523 5,754 5,572 5,418 Louisiana ....................: 2,756 2,771 2,726 2,761 2,684 2,702 Maryland .....................: 5,975 5,974 5,595 7,058 5,445 4,762 Mississippi ..................: 14,525 14,131 13,960 13,424 13,582 13,715 Missouri .....................: 6,440 6,839 6,368 6,769 6,857 6,730 : North Carolina ...............: 20,705 20,338 21,030 19,776 20,107 20,087 Oklahoma .....................: 5,466 4,382 4,328 4,730 3,805 4,604 Pennsylvania .................: 4,471 4,522 4,503 4,359 4,497 4,441 South Carolina ...............: 5,061 4,679 4,650 4,720 5,526 5,482 Texas ........................: 14,759 14,589 15,295 14,826 14,998 14,865 Virginia .....................: 6,304 5,119 6,165 5,873 6,574 6,154 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,240 11,782 11,024 10,815 11,318 11,016 : Other States .................: 9,382 9,425 9,021 9,550 9,430 9,300 : United States ................: 190,654 190,514 190,805 189,911 189,566 189,176 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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