Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released January 6, 2021, 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 236 million eggs in incubators during the week ending January 2, 2021, down slightly 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 Down 1 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 188 million chicks for meat production during the week ending January 2, 2021, down 1 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 4, 2020 through January 2, 2021 for the United States were 9.79 billion. Cumulative placements were down 1 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2020 and 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :November 28, : December 5, :December 12, :December 19, :December 26, : January 2, : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 33,328 32,647 32,748 33,476 33,116 33,380 Arkansas .....................: 24,073 23,853 23,479 23,401 23,978 24,300 Delaware .....................: 4,546 4,546 4,669 4,620 4,546 4,669 Florida ......................: 1,212 1,209 1,209 1,209 1,209 1,209 Georgia ......................: 35,641 32,966 34,541 34,925 34,161 34,450 Kentucky .....................: 8,326 6,827 7,684 7,838 7,889 7,589 Louisiana ....................: 3,319 3,122 3,485 3,500 3,532 3,532 Maryland .....................: 7,638 7,544 7,631 7,622 7,636 7,639 Mississippi ..................: 17,149 17,330 17,701 17,648 17,532 17,519 Missouri .....................: 9,168 9,094 9,163 9,183 9,198 9,227 : North Carolina ...............: 23,386 23,689 24,406 24,511 24,145 23,901 Oklahoma .....................: 6,949 6,507 6,737 7,153 6,936 7,068 Pennsylvania .................: 6,292 6,290 6,319 6,319 6,124 6,293 South Carolina ...............: 5,631 5,580 5,530 5,848 5,686 5,675 Texas ........................: 18,949 17,418 18,330 18,317 18,062 18,280 Virginia .....................: 6,967 6,136 6,491 6,383 6,415 6,522 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 13,967 11,041 13,085 13,229 13,183 13,152 : Other States .................: 11,717 11,335 11,948 12,084 11,904 11,820 : United States ................: 238,258 227,134 235,156 237,266 235,252 236,225 Percent of previous year .....: 100 97 99 99 99 100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2020 and 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :November 28, : December 5, :December 12, :December 19, :December 26, : January 2, : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 22,469 23,719 23,915 24,285 23,317 24,134 Arkansas .....................: 21,647 21,038 21,847 22,137 22,115 20,649 Delaware .....................: 4,501 4,889 4,579 4,773 4,453 4,602 Florida ......................: 1,335 1,328 1,258 1,332 1,291 1,182 Georgia ......................: 25,140 26,236 26,899 27,391 25,091 27,059 Kentucky .....................: 6,013 6,262 6,442 5,987 5,479 6,369 Louisiana ....................: 2,696 2,907 2,938 2,920 2,677 2,961 Maryland .....................: 5,348 5,718 5,552 5,588 5,903 5,338 Mississippi ..................: 14,693 14,829 14,798 14,539 14,794 14,967 Missouri .....................: 5,295 6,074 5,686 6,214 5,516 5,921 : North Carolina ...............: 19,618 20,059 20,003 19,258 19,378 19,704 Oklahoma .....................: 4,261 4,402 4,299 3,299 4,096 4,880 Pennsylvania .................: 4,777 4,768 4,768 4,767 4,760 4,771 South Carolina ...............: 4,633 5,480 4,738 5,402 5,829 5,127 Texas ........................: 13,676 14,313 14,715 15,358 14,083 14,687 Virginia .....................: 5,625 5,027 6,125 6,154 4,874 5,698 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 10,214 11,320 10,907 11,888 10,363 10,557 : Other States .................: 8,535 9,490 9,139 9,386 9,060 9,584 : United States ................: 180,476 187,859 188,608 190,678 183,079 188,190 Percent of previous year .....: 98 99 100 100 97 99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Tony Dorn, Head, Poultry and Specialty Commodities Section .................. (202) 690-3223 Holly Brenize - Poultry Slaughter......................................... (202) 720-0585 Alissa Cowell-Mytar - Cold Storage, Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses .. (202) 720-4751 Liana Cuffman - Catfish and Trout, Mink, Census of Aquaculture ........... (202) 720-8784 Fatema Haque - Turkey Hatchery, Turkeys Raised ........................... (202) 720-3244 Derron Martin - Chicken Hatchery, Egg Products............................ (202) 690-3237 Adam Peters - Honey, Honey Bee Colonies .................................. (202) 690-4870 Autumn Stone - Layers, Eggs .............................................. (202) 690-3676 Takiyah Walker - Broiler Hatchery......................................... 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