Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released January 29, 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 Up 4 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 240 million eggs in incubators during the week ending January 25, 2020, up 4 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 81.5 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 3 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 189 million chicks for meat production during the week ending January 25, 2020, up 3 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 4, 2020 through January 25, 2020 for the United States were 760 million. Cumulative placements were up 4 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2019-2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :December 21, :December 28, : January 4, : January 11, : January 18, : January 25, : 2019 : 2019 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 34,131 33,999 34,071 34,108 34,032 34,255 Arkansas .....................: 23,818 23,860 23,890 23,992 24,038 23,225 Delaware .....................: 5,610 5,609 5,490 5,488 5,499 5,506 Florida ......................: 1,178 1,178 1,178 1,178 1,178 1,178 Georgia ......................: 35,037 34,576 35,291 34,751 34,648 35,425 Kentucky .....................: 7,931 7,912 7,684 7,910 7,944 7,990 Louisiana ....................: 3,774 3,819 3,758 3,740 3,819 3,864 Maryland .....................: 8,113 8,121 8,090 8,280 8,131 8,200 Mississippi ..................: 18,538 17,749 18,185 18,199 17,550 18,305 Missouri .....................: 8,934 8,952 8,618 8,905 8,646 8,914 : North Carolina ...............: 25,161 25,047 23,339 25,070 25,165 25,119 Oklahoma .....................: 7,860 7,781 7,595 7,521 7,572 7,837 Pennsylvania .................: 6,244 5,976 5,931 5,862 5,994 5,870 South Carolina ...............: 5,898 5,437 5,602 5,412 5,621 5,753 Texas ........................: 18,192 18,132 17,987 17,976 17,296 17,992 Virginia .....................: 6,257 6,468 6,302 6,453 6,454 6,453 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 11,832 13,116 12,449 12,821 12,916 12,838 : Other States .................: 10,798 10,874 11,218 10,974 10,833 10,913 : United States ................: 239,306 238,606 236,678 238,640 237,336 239,637 Percent of previous year .....: 105 104 104 104 104 104 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2019-2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :December 21, :December 28, : January 4, : January 11, : January 18, : January 25, : 2019 : 2019 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 25,640 23,383 25,321 25,818 24,636 24,933 Arkansas .....................: 21,745 21,831 23,862 21,865 22,429 21,419 Delaware .....................: 5,052 5,361 6,130 5,097 5,592 5,441 Florida ......................: 1,417 1,281 1,232 1,335 1,334 1,295 Georgia ......................: 26,511 27,678 24,563 26,672 26,940 27,057 Kentucky .....................: 6,211 6,283 6,670 6,295 5,923 5,886 Louisiana ....................: 3,164 3,115 3,200 3,192 3,238 3,192 Maryland .....................: 6,075 6,086 5,260 6,798 5,945 5,890 Mississippi ..................: 15,426 15,380 15,482 15,811 15,115 15,507 Missouri .....................: 5,753 5,950 5,812 6,243 5,870 5,556 : North Carolina ...............: 19,690 19,592 20,123 20,201 19,949 18,764 Oklahoma .....................: 4,292 4,333 3,477 4,313 4,212 5,396 Pennsylvania .................: 4,476 4,509 4,341 4,494 4,318 4,377 South Carolina ...............: 4,832 4,696 4,884 4,712 4,939 4,974 Texas ........................: 14,239 14,633 14,700 14,628 14,729 14,414 Virginia .....................: 6,297 5,250 5,246 4,910 5,165 5,103 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 11,131 11,147 11,056 10,178 12,128 10,719 : Other States .................: 8,201 8,582 8,325 8,172 8,508 8,807 : United States ................: 190,152 189,090 189,684 190,734 190,970 188,730 Percent of previous year .....: 100 107 105 104 104 103 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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