Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released December 14, 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 Slightly Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 240 million eggs in incubators during the week ending December 10, 2022, up slightly 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 190 million chicks for meat production during the week ending December 10, 2022, up 1 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 8, 2022 through December 10, 2022 for the United States were 9.22 billion. Cumulative placements were up 2 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : November 5, :November 12, :November 19, :November 26, : December 3, :December 10, : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 33,396 34,091 34,721 33,726 34,863 34,602 Arkansas .....................: 24,152 24,698 24,401 24,346 24,328 24,195 Delaware .....................: 5,180 5,148 5,123 5,215 5,354 5,271 Florida ......................: 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 Georgia ......................: 34,157 35,515 35,923 35,468 35,860 35,863 Kentucky .....................: 6,407 6,131 6,802 6,043 6,115 5,943 Louisiana ....................: 3,516 3,214 3,516 3,516 3,516 3,350 Maryland .....................: 8,004 8,005 8,002 8,005 8,003 8,005 Mississippi ..................: 15,860 15,660 16,659 16,344 16,172 16,432 Missouri .....................: 9,033 9,926 9,905 9,954 9,813 9,813 : North Carolina ...............: 23,717 23,831 25,359 24,811 25,003 24,418 Oklahoma .....................: 7,375 7,336 7,732 7,279 7,326 7,697 Pennsylvania .................: 6,893 6,966 6,920 6,915 6,902 6,663 South Carolina ...............: 5,641 5,770 5,980 5,907 6,043 5,786 Texas ........................: 16,927 18,231 18,217 17,586 18,395 18,506 Virginia .....................: 6,050 6,449 4,667 5,128 6,388 6,286 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,997 13,041 13,694 13,491 12,950 13,161 : Other States .................: 12,835 12,843 12,824 12,766 12,743 12,706 : United States ................: 233,365 238,080 241,670 237,725 240,999 239,922 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : November 5, :November 12, :November 19, :November 26, : December 3, :December 10, : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 23,349 24,248 24,304 23,960 25,809 24,714 Arkansas .....................: 20,962 20,859 21,152 21,235 20,966 22,061 Delaware .....................: 5,308 5,185 4,684 4,793 4,511 4,469 Florida ......................: 1,342 1,328 1,329 1,332 1,331 1,292 Georgia ......................: 26,946 26,744 26,160 25,439 24,884 27,385 Kentucky .....................: 5,102 5,520 5,817 5,016 5,545 6,599 Louisiana ....................: 2,786 3,002 2,953 2,862 2,705 2,966 Maryland .....................: 4,792 4,806 5,307 7,054 5,866 7,164 Mississippi ..................: 13,159 13,493 13,202 13,444 13,223 13,916 Missouri .....................: 6,981 6,198 5,494 5,002 6,913 6,377 : North Carolina ...............: 19,311 19,387 19,177 19,093 19,548 19,656 Oklahoma .....................: 4,639 4,480 3,954 5,711 4,767 4,097 Pennsylvania .................: 4,724 4,663 4,422 4,741 4,766 4,778 South Carolina ...............: 5,312 5,125 4,352 4,109 4,968 4,401 Texas ........................: 14,911 14,148 15,308 13,483 14,268 14,499 Virginia .....................: 6,336 6,384 5,980 4,302 6,079 3,762 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 11,482 10,855 10,639 11,445 11,367 12,230 : Other States .................: 9,424 9,274 9,294 9,693 9,495 9,498 : United States ................: 186,866 185,699 183,528 182,714 187,011 189,864 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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