Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released June 15, 2022, 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 243 million eggs in incubators during the week ending June 11, 2022, up 1 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 80.3 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 1 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 191 million chicks for meat production during the week ending June 11, 2022, up 1 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 8, 2022 through June 11, 2022 for the United States were 4.30 billion. Cumulative placements were down slightly from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : May 7, : May 14, : May 21, : May 28, : June 4, : June 11, : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 34,312 34,187 34,488 33,709 34,628 34,477 Arkansas .....................: 24,526 24,724 24,753 24,933 24,867 24,969 Delaware .....................: 4,723 5,025 4,965 4,962 5,206 5,014 Florida ......................: 1,194 1,194 1,194 1,194 1,194 1,194 Georgia ......................: 35,284 35,167 35,034 34,805 34,823 35,020 Kentucky .....................: 6,509 6,522 6,440 6,472 6,559 6,482 Louisiana ....................: 3,380 3,390 3,389 3,351 3,319 3,289 Maryland .....................: 8,000 8,007 8,035 8,034 8,276 8,275 Mississippi ..................: 17,254 17,370 17,476 17,487 17,487 17,238 Missouri .....................: 9,648 9,438 9,648 9,573 9,546 9,451 : North Carolina ...............: 25,744 25,858 26,376 26,331 26,048 26,311 Oklahoma .....................: 7,427 7,571 7,665 7,485 7,851 7,698 Pennsylvania .................: 6,439 6,652 6,719 6,668 6,580 6,582 South Carolina ...............: 5,532 5,592 5,662 5,716 5,591 5,678 Texas ........................: 18,870 18,912 18,737 18,873 18,699 19,083 Virginia .....................: 6,665 6,820 6,812 6,483 6,180 6,816 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,840 13,339 13,501 13,426 13,302 13,254 : Other States .................: 12,228 12,529 12,119 12,624 12,572 11,932 : United States ................: 240,575 242,297 243,013 242,126 242,728 242,763 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : May 7, : May 14, : May 21, : May 28, : June 4, : June 11, : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 24,965 25,572 25,003 24,714 24,274 24,992 Arkansas .....................: 21,746 21,378 22,460 21,488 21,518 21,680 Delaware .....................: 5,957 5,018 5,034 4,352 5,466 4,172 Florida ......................: 1,332 1,330 1,213 1,212 1,269 1,284 Georgia ......................: 26,905 25,784 26,972 28,078 28,008 26,881 Kentucky .....................: 5,153 5,180 5,658 5,584 5,610 5,674 Louisiana ....................: 2,757 2,739 2,806 2,856 2,816 2,828 Maryland .....................: 4,424 4,967 5,552 5,788 4,917 6,308 Mississippi ..................: 12,770 12,316 12,572 13,937 13,777 14,382 Missouri .....................: 6,483 6,617 6,974 6,290 6,738 6,316 : North Carolina ...............: 20,156 20,802 20,021 19,849 20,025 20,386 Oklahoma .....................: 4,728 4,546 3,159 4,995 4,467 4,885 Pennsylvania .................: 4,465 4,454 4,296 4,217 4,432 4,492 South Carolina ...............: 4,908 4,567 5,308 4,718 4,668 4,761 Texas ........................: 14,830 15,437 15,782 15,065 15,065 14,712 Virginia .....................: 6,120 6,453 5,842 6,133 6,263 6,349 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 10,421 11,297 11,193 10,187 11,118 11,330 : Other States .................: 9,345 9,972 9,724 9,415 9,770 9,281 : United States ................: 187,465 188,429 189,569 188,878 190,201 190,713 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Jean Porter, Head, Poultry and Specialty Commodities Section ................ 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