Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released September 18, 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 5 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 223 million eggs in incubators during the week ending September 14, 2019, up 5 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 82.6 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 186 million chicks for meat production during the week ending September 14, 2019, up 2 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 5, 2019 through September 14, 2019 for the United States were 6.91 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 :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : August 10, : August 17, : August 24, : August 31, :September 7, :September 14, : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 32,306 32,385 32,650 32,924 32,638 32,556 Arkansas .....................: 24,364 24,279 24,347 24,216 23,476 21,069 Delaware .....................: 5,175 5,338 5,337 5,338 5,338 5,343 Florida ......................: 1,178 1,178 1,131 1,147 1,147 1,147 Georgia ......................: 34,681 35,110 35,258 35,207 34,724 34,469 Kentucky .....................: 7,874 7,749 7,606 7,850 7,443 7,314 Louisiana ....................: 3,697 3,713 3,788 3,682 3,743 3,536 Maryland .....................: 7,958 7,810 7,810 7,448 7,385 7,256 Mississippi ..................: 18,490 18,348 18,152 17,653 17,500 17,062 Missouri .....................: 8,494 8,663 8,616 8,679 8,629 8,497 : North Carolina ...............: 23,630 23,702 23,748 23,804 22,749 23,176 Oklahoma .....................: 7,131 7,510 7,687 7,724 7,742 6,658 Pennsylvania .................: 5,272 5,312 5,157 5,244 5,273 5,252 South Carolina ...............: 5,828 5,890 5,822 5,828 5,737 5,535 Texas ........................: 17,714 17,422 17,117 16,759 16,210 16,709 Virginia .....................: 6,062 6,348 6,047 6,213 6,174 6,349 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 11,762 11,830 10,875 11,024 10,946 11,048 : Other States .................: 10,119 10,151 9,787 10,148 9,904 10,093 : United States ................: 231,735 232,738 230,935 230,888 226,758 223,069 Percent of previous year .....: 102 103 103 105 105 105 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : August 10, : August 17, : August 24, : August 31, :September 7, :September 14, : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 22,096 22,595 23,228 23,852 23,887 24,081 Arkansas .....................: 23,640 23,280 22,555 20,245 22,637 21,512 Delaware .....................: 4,537 5,061 5,453 5,150 5,626 4,900 Florida ......................: 1,319 1,239 1,339 1,333 1,298 1,159 Georgia ......................: 29,819 28,351 27,917 27,267 27,693 27,517 Kentucky .....................: 6,143 6,009 5,863 6,172 6,161 6,417 Louisiana ....................: 3,202 3,138 3,208 3,452 3,198 3,253 Maryland .....................: 6,458 5,258 5,592 5,607 5,791 5,770 Mississippi ..................: 15,519 15,557 15,480 15,388 15,368 15,212 Missouri .....................: 6,025 6,590 6,450 6,686 6,266 5,704 : North Carolina ...............: 19,004 19,287 19,532 19,201 19,349 19,087 Oklahoma .....................: 3,426 3,519 4,596 5,673 3,936 5,025 Pennsylvania .................: 4,266 4,234 4,143 4,140 3,915 3,754 South Carolina ...............: 4,684 5,466 4,924 5,327 5,244 5,615 Texas ........................: 14,236 14,301 14,585 14,289 14,393 14,167 Virginia .....................: 5,553 6,117 5,453 5,817 5,189 5,583 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 10,703 11,217 10,857 10,431 10,475 9,737 : Other States .................: 7,553 7,750 8,226 7,731 7,794 7,293 : United States ................: 188,183 188,969 189,401 187,761 188,220 185,786 Percent of previous year .....: 101 102 101 102 103 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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