Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released December 9, 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 Down 3 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 228 million eggs in incubators during the week ending December 5, 2020, down 3 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 82.1 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 Down 1 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 188 million chicks for meat production during the week ending December 5, 2020, down 1 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 4, 2020 through December 5, 2020 for the United States were 9.04 billion. Cumulative placements were down 1 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : October 31, : November 7, :November 14, :November 21, :November 28, : December 5, : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 29,245 30,702 32,465 32,144 32,296 32,647 Arkansas .....................: 22,791 24,120 23,661 24,051 24,133 24,150 Delaware .....................: 4,669 4,762 4,669 4,669 4,546 4,546 Florida ......................: 1,209 1,209 1,209 1,209 1,212 1,209 Georgia ......................: 33,064 32,588 34,020 33,970 34,159 32,149 Kentucky .....................: 7,200 6,854 7,808 7,798 7,800 7,083 Louisiana ....................: 3,289 3,138 3,304 3,364 3,319 3,122 Maryland .....................: 7,602 7,605 7,409 7,636 7,638 7,544 Mississippi ..................: 16,185 17,180 17,513 17,784 17,149 17,330 Missouri .....................: 8,091 8,345 9,215 9,199 9,168 9,125 : North Carolina ...............: 23,562 23,577 24,432 24,560 23,397 23,907 Oklahoma .....................: 6,472 6,600 6,923 7,083 6,949 6,507 Pennsylvania .................: 6,231 6,322 6,295 6,293 6,292 6,290 South Carolina ...............: 4,708 5,640 5,765 5,449 5,631 5,580 Texas ........................: 17,719 16,476 17,733 18,183 18,238 17,493 Virginia .....................: 5,971 5,951 6,445 6,460 6,567 6,136 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,174 11,910 12,944 13,299 12,938 11,931 : Other States .................: 9,806 11,185 12,636 11,834 11,717 11,099 : United States ................: 219,988 224,164 234,446 234,985 233,149 227,848 Percent of previous year .....: 98 98 99 99 98 97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : October 31, : November 7, :November 14, :November 21, :November 28, : December 5, : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 23,152 23,102 23,484 21,491 22,469 23,726 Arkansas .....................: 20,058 17,306 19,547 20,642 21,617 21,058 Delaware .....................: 4,353 3,844 4,771 4,333 4,501 4,889 Florida ......................: 1,249 1,340 1,341 1,339 1,335 1,320 Georgia ......................: 25,812 25,580 26,258 24,356 25,140 26,236 Kentucky .....................: 5,568 4,909 6,267 6,190 6,013 6,397 Louisiana ....................: 2,925 2,496 2,956 2,892 2,696 2,907 Maryland .....................: 4,650 5,323 5,118 6,268 5,348 5,718 Mississippi ..................: 13,950 13,278 14,249 13,885 14,693 14,829 Missouri .....................: 6,457 5,345 6,091 5,750 5,295 6,074 : North Carolina ...............: 17,981 18,474 19,811 19,599 19,548 20,055 Oklahoma .....................: 3,179 5,588 3,625 3,208 4,261 4,402 Pennsylvania .................: 4,781 4,775 4,597 4,712 4,777 4,768 South Carolina ...............: 5,098 4,584 4,672 4,738 4,633 5,471 Texas ........................: 13,737 13,443 13,684 14,793 13,656 14,375 Virginia .....................: 6,222 6,286 5,594 4,301 5,625 5,027 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 10,572 10,152 10,667 10,190 10,107 10,955 : Other States .................: 9,283 9,243 7,465 7,543 8,535 9,599 : United States ................: 179,027 175,068 180,197 176,230 180,249 187,806 Percent of previous year .....: 101 97 98 98 98 99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Tony Dorn, Head, Poultry and Specialty Commodities Section .................. (202) 690-3223 Holly Brenize - Poultry Slaughter......................................... (202) 720-0585 Alissa Cowell-Mytar - Cold Storage, Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses .. (202) 720-4751 Liana Cuffman - Catfish and Trout, Mink, Census of Aquaculture ........... (202) 720-8784 Fatema Haque - Turkey Hatchery, Turkeys Raised ........................... (202) 720-3244 Derron Martin - Chicken Hatchery, Egg Products............................ (202) 690-3237 Adam Peters - Honey, Honey Bee Colonies .................................. (202) 690-4870 Autumn Stone - Layers, Eggs .............................................. (202) 690-3676 Takiyah Walker - Broiler Hatchery......................................... 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