Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released June 3, 2020, 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 Slightly Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 235 million eggs in incubators during the week ending May 30, 2020, down slightly 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 Down 3 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 184 million chicks for meat production during the week ending May 30, 2020, down 3 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 4, 2020 through May 30, 2020 for the United States were 4.07 billion. Cumulative placements were down slightly from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : April 25, : May 2, : May 9, : May 16, : May 23, : May 30, : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 31,487 31,582 32,223 33,008 33,061 33,342 Arkansas .....................: 21,180 22,212 22,239 22,966 22,963 23,060 Delaware .....................: 3,814 3,547 4,962 5,005 5,091 5,029 Florida ......................: 1,069 1,100 1,163 1,163 1,194 1,194 Georgia ......................: 33,558 33,982 33,860 34,324 33,968 34,334 Kentucky .....................: 7,065 7,117 7,652 7,659 7,349 7,656 Louisiana ....................: 2,971 3,077 3,093 3,244 3,365 3,486 Maryland .....................: 8,059 8,020 8,080 8,100 8,034 8,058 Mississippi ..................: 16,877 16,746 16,758 16,986 17,433 17,367 Missouri .....................: 8,552 8,425 9,022 8,958 9,102 9,133 : North Carolina ...............: 19,562 22,846 23,769 24,180 24,475 23,770 Oklahoma .....................: 6,911 7,060 6,805 6,751 7,492 7,014 Pennsylvania .................: 6,262 5,853 6,147 6,178 6,215 6,217 South Carolina ...............: 5,238 5,781 5,510 5,594 5,812 6,066 Texas ........................: 15,167 16,826 17,832 17,662 17,581 18,002 Virginia .....................: 4,659 5,801 6,184 6,017 6,367 6,425 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 11,360 12,808 12,282 12,756 12,789 13,090 : Other States .................: 10,914 11,207 11,823 11,367 11,450 11,748 : United States ................: 214,705 223,990 229,404 231,918 233,741 234,991 Percent of previous year .....: 92 96 98 99 100 100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : April 25, : May 2, : May 9, : May 16, : May 23, : May 30, : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 21,672 22,203 23,456 23,208 22,939 23,690 Arkansas .....................: 19,814 18,746 20,481 19,269 21,000 20,680 Delaware .....................: 3,948 3,191 3,453 3,304 4,198 4,314 Florida ......................: 1,299 1,442 1,325 1,295 1,183 1,341 Georgia ......................: 25,248 23,629 24,426 26,404 26,256 26,507 Kentucky .....................: 5,965 5,479 5,770 5,473 6,246 6,935 Louisiana ....................: 2,018 2,303 2,526 2,477 2,747 2,763 Maryland .....................: 3,632 2,780 4,921 5,332 4,602 5,555 Mississippi ..................: 14,396 13,558 14,162 14,233 14,043 14,190 Missouri .....................: 4,904 5,550 4,971 5,368 5,900 5,951 : North Carolina ...............: 17,739 16,260 17,635 16,350 19,773 19,677 Oklahoma .....................: 4,508 4,705 4,431 4,286 3,430 3,757 Pennsylvania .................: 4,443 4,354 4,374 4,458 4,094 4,334 South Carolina ...............: 4,097 4,616 5,290 4,668 5,083 4,509 Texas ........................: 13,599 13,140 13,998 12,708 13,889 14,474 Virginia .....................: 4,684 4,313 4,273 4,847 5,736 5,952 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 11,073 9,900 11,195 9,831 10,681 10,542 : Other States .................: 8,177 8,098 8,884 9,027 8,904 9,073 : United States ................: 171,216 164,267 175,571 172,538 180,704 184,244 Percent of previous year .....: 92 87 92 91 96 97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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