Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released February 20, 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 1 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 230 million eggs in incubators during the week ending February 16, 2019, up 1 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 81.6 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 184 million chicks for meat production during the week ending February 16, 2019, up 2 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 5, 2019 through February 16, 2019 for the United States were 1.28 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 :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January 12, : January 19, : January 26, : February 2, : February 9, :February 16, : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 31,554 30,251 31,258 31,728 31,704 31,611 Arkansas .....................: 24,558 24,122 24,546 23,814 24,499 24,686 Delaware .....................: 5,253 5,195 5,317 5,467 5,467 5,395 Florida ......................: 1,194 1,194 1,194 1,209 1,225 1,225 Georgia ......................: 35,218 35,198 35,102 34,507 34,089 34,642 Kentucky .....................: 7,588 7,554 7,784 7,903 7,710 7,675 Louisiana ....................: 3,713 3,668 3,652 3,774 3,743 3,743 Maryland .....................: 7,856 8,037 8,160 8,093 8,172 7,896 Mississippi ..................: 18,417 18,320 18,278 18,317 18,231 18,498 Missouri .....................: 8,145 8,095 8,272 8,217 8,150 8,381 : North Carolina ...............: 23,238 22,996 23,330 23,634 22,454 23,627 Oklahoma .....................: 7,438 7,651 7,499 7,750 7,702 7,549 Pennsylvania .................: 5,096 5,288 5,297 5,095 5,295 5,218 South Carolina ...............: 5,759 5,874 5,707 5,651 5,704 5,690 Texas ........................: 16,151 16,756 16,330 16,925 16,802 16,992 Virginia .....................: 6,146 6,341 6,330 6,454 6,351 6,312 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 11,407 12,030 12,021 11,932 11,621 11,462 : Other States .................: 9,793 9,880 9,706 9,743 9,824 9,762 : United States ................: 228,524 228,450 229,783 230,213 228,743 230,364 Percent of previous year .....: 102 102 102 101 101 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January 12, : January 19, : January 26, : February 2, : February 9, :February 16, : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 22,541 23,119 23,398 22,970 22,739 23,482 Arkansas .....................: 24,098 22,517 22,979 22,669 21,397 20,885 Delaware .....................: 5,097 4,521 4,249 5,221 4,669 4,917 Florida ......................: 1,253 1,350 1,480 1,323 1,333 1,304 Georgia ......................: 27,562 27,468 27,002 27,892 27,261 26,679 Kentucky .....................: 6,444 6,044 5,929 5,790 5,982 6,060 Louisiana ....................: 3,278 3,231 3,204 3,195 3,148 3,167 Maryland .....................: 5,715 6,296 5,938 5,725 6,609 5,782 Mississippi ..................: 15,107 15,477 15,462 15,477 15,489 15,364 Missouri .....................: 5,624 5,338 5,763 6,157 5,978 6,155 : North Carolina ...............: 18,862 18,937 18,834 18,960 18,338 18,286 Oklahoma .....................: 3,328 5,225 4,176 3,727 4,660 5,002 Pennsylvania .................: 4,070 4,073 4,070 3,840 4,058 4,115 South Carolina ...............: 4,728 4,282 4,729 4,580 5,514 5,487 Texas ........................: 13,113 13,204 12,018 13,021 13,566 13,169 Virginia .....................: 5,157 5,260 5,552 5,463 5,083 6,096 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 10,427 10,502 10,529 10,115 9,912 10,462 : Other States .................: 7,359 7,351 7,367 7,776 7,768 7,286 : United States ................: 183,763 184,195 182,679 183,901 183,504 183,698 Percent of previous year .....: 101 101 101 102 103 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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