Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released August 10, 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 2 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 244 million eggs in incubators during the week ending August 6, 2022, up 2 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 80.1 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 August 6, 2022, up 3 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 8, 2022 through August 6, 2022 for the United States were 5.82 billion. Cumulative placements were up slightly from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : July 2, : July 9, : July 16, : July 23, : July 30, : August 6, : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 34,404 35,008 34,218 34,580 34,813 34,202 Arkansas .....................: 24,572 24,950 24,877 24,810 25,091 24,976 Delaware .....................: 4,723 4,816 4,911 5,031 5,241 5,075 Florida ......................: 1,194 1,220 1,163 1,194 1,194 1,194 Georgia ......................: 35,105 35,085 34,857 35,162 34,501 34,895 Kentucky .....................: 6,587 6,566 6,566 6,698 6,708 6,790 Louisiana ....................: 3,290 3,351 3,381 3,441 3,455 3,371 Maryland .....................: 8,065 8,055 8,067 8,067 8,067 8,061 Mississippi ..................: 16,963 16,960 16,449 16,105 16,767 16,826 Missouri .....................: 9,552 9,552 9,567 9,590 9,602 9,619 : North Carolina ...............: 25,778 26,317 25,093 26,232 26,367 26,248 Oklahoma .....................: 7,786 7,719 7,828 7,205 7,066 8,052 Pennsylvania .................: 6,669 6,554 6,732 6,743 6,748 6,872 South Carolina ...............: 5,624 5,701 5,876 5,852 5,825 5,868 Texas ........................: 18,536 18,829 18,062 18,295 18,653 18,878 Virginia .....................: 6,861 6,815 6,800 6,861 6,811 6,831 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 13,209 13,021 13,487 13,971 13,861 13,810 : Other States .................: 12,241 12,639 12,555 12,257 13,039 12,498 : United States ................: 241,159 243,158 240,489 242,094 243,809 244,066 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : July 2, : July 9, : July 16, : July 23, : July 30, : August 6, : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 26,515 24,969 24,415 24,712 25,444 25,479 Arkansas .....................: 21,614 20,902 21,482 20,068 21,168 21,940 Delaware .....................: 4,937 4,361 5,041 6,114 5,619 4,406 Florida ......................: 1,289 1,284 1,255 1,248 1,172 1,268 Georgia ......................: 25,743 27,792 26,811 27,355 27,604 25,323 Kentucky .....................: 5,082 5,861 5,057 5,297 5,915 6,051 Louisiana ....................: 2,726 2,761 2,684 2,702 2,811 2,815 Maryland .....................: 5,753 7,083 5,302 3,879 5,353 5,701 Mississippi ..................: 13,960 13,424 13,582 13,715 13,843 13,273 Missouri .....................: 6,139 6,542 6,998 6,577 6,680 7,230 : North Carolina ...............: 20,930 19,647 20,107 20,087 19,873 19,555 Oklahoma .....................: 5,100 5,111 3,700 5,149 5,235 3,995 Pennsylvania .................: 4,503 4,359 4,497 4,448 4,426 4,684 South Carolina ...............: 4,750 4,849 5,526 5,464 4,538 5,416 Texas ........................: 15,295 14,826 14,998 14,865 15,098 14,507 Virginia .....................: 6,007 5,712 6,718 6,264 6,032 6,187 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 11,494 10,768 11,912 11,130 10,871 11,430 : Other States .................: 8,969 9,661 9,482 9,260 9,290 9,374 : United States ................: 190,806 189,912 189,567 188,334 190,972 188,634 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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