Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released August 7, 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 251 million eggs in incubators during the week ending August 3, 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 1 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 191 million chicks for meat production during the week ending August 3, 2024, up 1 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 6, 2024 through August 3, 2024 for the United States were 5.85 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 :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : June 29, : July 6, : July 13, : July 20, : July 27, : August 3, : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 35,081 34,804 34,749 34,990 34,442 35,384 Arkansas .....................: 25,264 25,803 26,060 26,002 25,839 25,964 Delaware .....................: 5,638 5,646 5,644 5,611 5,634 5,634 Florida ......................: 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 Georgia ......................: 35,443 36,345 35,022 36,035 36,243 35,969 Kentucky .....................: 8,219 8,011 8,025 8,137 8,148 8,013 Louisiana ....................: 3,561 3,655 3,258 3,530 3,608 3,655 Maryland .....................: 8,092 8,094 8,047 8,095 8,091 8,091 Mississippi ..................: 17,953 17,707 17,666 17,893 17,752 17,696 Missouri .....................: 9,035 8,873 9,054 8,948 9,007 9,022 : North Carolina ...............: 25,747 25,876 25,373 26,007 26,122 26,454 Oklahoma .....................: 6,054 6,018 6,194 6,049 5,867 6,335 Pennsylvania .................: 8,037 7,940 7,991 8,071 7,949 8,028 South Carolina ...............: 5,969 6,148 6,048 6,378 6,116 6,304 Texas ........................: 19,326 19,320 19,077 19,541 19,643 19,759 Virginia .....................: 5,661 5,376 5,359 5,475 5,657 5,555 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 13,660 14,645 15,781 15,432 15,560 15,860 : Other States .................: 11,584 12,027 11,383 11,821 11,531 11,649 : United States ................: 245,549 247,513 245,956 249,240 248,434 250,597 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : June 29, : July 6, : July 13, : July 20, : July 27, : August 3, : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 24,753 24,946 24,984 24,538 24,437 24,221 Arkansas .....................: 21,521 21,853 19,986 21,082 20,806 22,177 Delaware .....................: 4,290 5,449 5,049 5,732 5,442 5,367 Florida ......................: 1,247 1,336 1,302 1,277 1,346 1,254 Georgia ......................: 28,067 27,573 27,956 27,299 28,080 27,272 Kentucky .....................: 5,902 5,944 5,877 6,001 5,685 6,160 Louisiana ....................: 3,020 2,948 3,037 3,054 2,944 2,717 Maryland .....................: 6,534 5,787 5,346 5,292 5,904 6,036 Mississippi ..................: 13,679 13,930 13,904 14,060 13,718 13,737 Missouri .....................: 5,315 5,851 6,277 5,485 5,503 5,810 : North Carolina ...............: 19,620 19,776 20,046 20,122 20,090 19,745 Oklahoma .....................: 4,294 3,005 3,345 4,210 4,863 3,724 Pennsylvania .................: 5,060 4,924 5,063 5,096 5,027 5,089 South Carolina ...............: 4,677 4,808 4,558 4,969 5,423 4,799 Texas ........................: 15,173 15,021 14,998 15,254 15,286 14,946 Virginia .....................: 5,411 4,904 5,677 5,578 5,034 4,983 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,103 12,481 11,685 12,368 13,092 13,797 : Other States .................: 9,233 9,439 9,261 8,985 9,262 8,944 : United States ................: 189,899 189,975 188,351 190,402 191,942 190,778 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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