Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released March 8, 2023, 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 241 million eggs in incubators during the week ending March 4, 2023, up slightly from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 79.3 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 Slightly Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 187 million chicks for meat production during the week ending March 4, 2023, up slightly from a year ago. January 7, 2023 through March 4, 2023 for the United States were 1.68 billion. Cumulative placements were up 1 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January 28, : February 4, :February 11, :February 18, :February 25, : March 4, : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 34,547 34,610 34,620 34,650 34,767 34,535 Arkansas .....................: 24,648 24,576 24,821 24,630 24,908 24,715 Delaware .....................: 5,183 5,299 5,488 5,379 5,372 5,369 Florida ......................: 1,194 1,194 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 Georgia ......................: 35,229 35,305 35,369 35,333 35,260 35,380 Kentucky .....................: 6,719 6,291 6,411 5,770 6,295 6,249 Louisiana ....................: 3,244 3,290 3,411 3,411 3,411 3,289 Maryland .....................: 8,056 8,058 8,081 8,095 8,094 8,095 Mississippi ..................: 16,591 16,710 16,665 16,777 16,845 16,952 Missouri .....................: 9,916 9,954 9,954 9,562 9,776 9,714 : North Carolina ...............: 25,448 24,474 24,891 24,362 24,082 25,057 Oklahoma .....................: 7,291 7,335 7,466 7,416 7,344 7,375 Pennsylvania .................: 6,658 6,740 6,354 6,720 6,743 6,690 South Carolina ...............: 5,778 5,733 5,702 5,727 6,080 5,988 Texas ........................: 17,583 18,149 18,353 18,484 18,058 18,176 Virginia .....................: 6,637 6,632 6,756 6,749 6,760 6,756 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 13,235 12,992 13,310 13,210 13,059 13,151 : Other States .................: 12,586 12,631 12,705 12,538 12,657 12,611 : United States ................: 240,543 239,973 241,582 240,038 240,736 241,327 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January 28, : February 4, :February 11, :February 18, :February 25, : March 4, : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 23,604 23,383 23,822 23,677 23,913 23,838 Arkansas .....................: 21,174 21,658 20,649 20,768 21,835 22,551 Delaware .....................: 5,299 5,174 4,662 5,075 4,627 5,556 Florida ......................: 1,282 1,248 1,262 1,266 1,225 1,165 Georgia ......................: 27,825 26,612 28,667 27,990 27,631 27,950 Kentucky .....................: 6,014 5,149 5,381 5,560 5,234 6,095 Louisiana ....................: 2,639 2,633 2,756 2,784 2,749 2,859 Maryland .....................: 5,215 6,423 5,881 5,719 5,958 5,045 Mississippi ..................: 13,671 14,015 13,883 14,136 14,084 14,044 Missouri .....................: 6,292 6,056 6,255 6,954 6,351 5,804 : North Carolina ...............: 19,469 19,016 19,226 19,154 18,652 19,011 Oklahoma .....................: 3,854 4,033 4,377 4,277 3,604 3,522 Pennsylvania .................: 4,433 4,416 4,504 4,494 4,493 4,073 South Carolina ...............: 4,189 5,316 4,873 4,882 4,622 4,464 Texas ........................: 14,318 13,569 13,448 13,969 14,374 14,475 Virginia .....................: 5,996 4,728 5,536 6,344 5,990 6,092 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 11,680 12,373 12,175 10,820 11,462 10,863 : Other States .................: 9,263 9,753 9,647 9,693 9,270 9,233 : United States ................: 186,217 185,555 187,004 187,562 186,074 186,640 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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