Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released August 21, 2024, 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 249 million eggs in incubators during the week ending August 17, 2024, up 4 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 79.5 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 193 million chicks for meat production during the week ending August 17, 2024, up 3 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 6, 2024 through August 17, 2024 for the United States were 6.23 billion. Cumulative placements were up 1 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : July 13, : July 20, : July 27, : August 3, : August 10, : August 17, : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 34,749 34,858 34,335 35,384 35,207 35,394 Arkansas .....................: 26,060 26,039 25,832 25,964 25,729 25,536 Delaware .....................: 5,644 5,611 5,634 5,634 5,595 5,375 Florida ......................: 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,222 1,225 Georgia ......................: 35,022 35,593 35,771 35,880 35,361 35,647 Kentucky .....................: 8,025 8,169 8,179 8,011 8,123 8,048 Louisiana ....................: 3,258 3,530 3,608 3,655 3,608 3,608 Maryland .....................: 8,047 8,095 8,091 8,095 8,093 8,092 Mississippi ..................: 17,727 17,787 17,834 17,696 17,681 17,744 Missouri .....................: 9,054 9,023 9,015 9,022 8,833 8,865 : North Carolina ...............: 25,373 25,947 26,122 26,360 25,670 25,826 Oklahoma .....................: 6,194 6,220 6,038 6,335 5,870 6,213 Pennsylvania .................: 7,991 8,071 7,924 7,970 7,887 7,934 South Carolina ...............: 6,048 6,307 6,116 6,307 6,290 6,099 Texas ........................: 18,525 19,717 19,598 19,207 19,604 19,908 Virginia .....................: 5,359 5,475 5,687 5,555 5,661 5,453 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 16,081 15,531 15,853 16,091 15,659 15,744 : Other States .................: 11,383 11,821 11,531 11,657 12,109 12,149 : United States ................: 245,765 249,019 248,393 250,048 248,202 248,860 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : July 13, : July 20, : July 27, : August 3, : August 10, : August 17, : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 24,984 24,538 24,437 24,055 24,782 23,449 Arkansas .....................: 19,986 21,082 20,806 22,177 21,969 20,230 Delaware .....................: 5,049 5,732 5,442 5,341 5,397 4,185 Florida ......................: 1,302 1,277 1,346 1,254 1,261 1,318 Georgia ......................: 27,956 27,299 28,080 27,271 27,850 27,947 Kentucky .....................: 5,877 6,001 5,685 6,245 6,195 6,102 Louisiana ....................: 3,037 3,054 2,944 2,717 2,941 2,991 Maryland .....................: 5,346 5,292 5,904 5,641 5,498 6,542 Mississippi ..................: 13,904 14,060 13,718 13,737 13,711 13,896 Missouri .....................: 6,277 5,485 5,503 5,810 5,585 5,515 : North Carolina ...............: 20,046 20,122 20,090 20,166 20,677 20,777 Oklahoma .....................: 3,345 4,210 4,863 3,724 4,178 5,421 Pennsylvania .................: 5,063 5,096 5,027 5,052 5,103 5,109 South Carolina ...............: 4,558 4,969 5,423 4,635 5,014 5,182 Texas ........................: 14,998 15,254 15,286 14,309 15,419 15,559 Virginia .....................: 5,677 5,578 5,034 5,300 4,880 4,943 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 11,685 12,368 13,092 14,405 13,475 14,549 : Other States .................: 9,261 8,985 9,262 8,945 9,285 9,110 : United States ................: 188,351 190,402 191,942 190,784 193,220 192,825 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Greg Lemmons, Acting Head, Poultry and Specialty Commodities Section... 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