Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released January 8, 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 236 million eggs in incubators during the week ending January 4, 2020, up 4 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 81.8 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 4 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 189 million chicks for meat production during the week ending January 4, 2020, up 4 percent from a year ago. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :November 30, : December 7, :December 14, :December 21, :December 28, : January 4, : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 33,566 33,293 33,602 33,696 33,567 33,631 Arkansas .....................: 23,540 23,312 24,064 23,818 23,860 23,850 Delaware .....................: 5,466 5,467 5,469 5,469 5,468 5,468 Florida ......................: 1,178 1,178 1,178 1,178 1,178 1,178 Georgia ......................: 34,952 34,371 32,629 35,037 34,576 35,028 Kentucky .....................: 7,747 7,268 8,014 7,931 7,912 7,683 Louisiana ....................: 3,758 3,668 3,774 3,774 3,819 3,758 Maryland .....................: 8,096 7,970 7,671 8,113 8,121 8,142 Mississippi ..................: 18,015 18,275 18,243 18,538 17,749 18,185 Missouri .....................: 8,664 8,929 8,983 8,934 8,952 8,618 : North Carolina ...............: 24,735 24,333 25,130 25,161 25,012 23,349 Oklahoma .....................: 7,573 7,200 7,879 7,860 7,781 7,595 Pennsylvania .................: 6,119 6,021 5,868 6,244 5,712 6,050 South Carolina ...............: 5,807 5,512 5,827 5,898 5,437 5,593 Texas ........................: 17,934 18,115 18,398 18,192 18,132 17,987 Virginia .....................: 6,682 6,134 6,484 6,257 6,468 6,302 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,769 12,177 12,810 12,871 12,790 11,864 : Other States .................: 10,962 11,118 11,026 10,798 11,064 11,342 : United States ................: 237,563 234,341 237,049 239,769 237,598 235,623 Percent of previous year .....: 101 107 105 105 104 104 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :November 30, : December 7, :December 14, :December 21, :December 28, : January 4, : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 22,119 25,329 24,507 25,360 23,016 24,936 Arkansas .....................: 21,254 21,991 21,580 21,745 21,831 23,572 Delaware .....................: 5,454 5,014 4,601 4,967 5,277 5,300 Florida ......................: 1,325 1,338 1,317 1,310 1,284 1,234 Georgia ......................: 27,332 26,260 26,466 26,511 27,678 24,895 Kentucky .....................: 5,880 6,095 6,239 6,211 6,283 6,638 Louisiana ....................: 2,963 2,925 3,271 3,164 3,115 3,200 Maryland .....................: 5,506 6,190 6,194 6,004 6,017 5,990 Mississippi ..................: 14,891 15,400 15,398 15,426 15,380 15,482 Missouri .....................: 5,194 6,046 6,622 5,753 5,950 5,812 : North Carolina ...............: 20,613 19,293 19,649 19,690 19,614 20,298 Oklahoma .....................: 5,020 4,420 4,281 4,292 4,333 3,477 Pennsylvania .................: 4,333 4,533 4,290 4,476 4,515 4,358 South Carolina ...............: 4,320 5,118 5,503 4,832 4,696 4,585 Texas ........................: 13,169 13,891 14,179 14,239 14,633 14,723 Virginia .....................: 5,870 4,995 5,463 6,297 5,186 5,600 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 10,100 11,104 11,075 10,837 11,163 11,122 : Other States .................: 8,302 8,797 8,306 8,201 8,514 8,263 : United States ................: 183,645 188,739 188,941 189,315 188,485 189,485 Percent of previous year .....: 103 103 103 100 107 104 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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@nass.usda.gov Travis Averill, Chief, Livestock Branch ..................................... (202) 692-0069 Tony Dorn, Head, Poultry and Specialty Commodities Section .................. 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