Mixed U.S. Broiler Hatchery Situation

WASHINGTON - Mar 5/08 - SNS -- Broiler hatchery activity in the United States Broiler managed a mixed performance across the seven days closing March 1, 2008, judging from the latest USDA statistics.

Commercial hatcheries in the 19-State weekly program set 219.0 million eggs in incubators during the week. This was up 1.4% from the eggs set the same week last year.

Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 83%. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier. Broiler Chicks Placed Up 2 Percent Broiler growers in the 19-State weekly program placed 177 million chicks for meat production during the week ending March 1, 2008. Placements were up 2% from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from December 30, 2007 through March 1, 2008 were 1.60 billion, up 3% from the same period a year earlier. ******** Subscription Information To subscribe to NASS reports or to order single copies, call toll free, 1- 800-999-6779. You may write: ERS/NASS, 5285 Port Royal Rd., Springfield, VA 22161. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------- : Jan 26 : Feb 2 : Feb 9 : Feb 16 : Feb 23 : Mar 1 : 2008 : 2008 : 2008 : 2008 : 2008 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 31,655 31,432 *31,879 31,899 31,920 31,824 AR : 28,269 28,592 *27,784 28,156 *28,455 28,418 DE : 4,162 4,095 3,868 3,999 3,998 3,992 FL : 1,368 1,379 *1,379 1,369 1,369 1,358 GA : 35,523 35,895 35,460 35,318 *35,314 35,129 KY : 7,895 *7,802 *7,432 7,393 7,922 8,017 LA : 3,893 3,863 3,984 3,924 3,924 3,924 MD : 9,005 9,025 9,104 9,067 8,975 9,138 MS : 18,717 18,826 18,661 18,510 18,755 18,774 NC : 19,664 19,668 *19,796 19,870 19,775 20,142 OK : 6,490 6,661 6,305 6,487 6,516 6,451 PA : 4,223 4,261 4,295 *4,433 *3,976 4,197 SC : 5,435 5,440 5,714 5,693 5,518 5,800 TX : 15,656 *15,672 *15,702 *15,714 *15,869 15,948 VA : 6,322 6,326 6,341 6,428 6,443 6,443 CA, MO, TN, & WV : *19,420 *19,937 *19,561 *19,825 *20,203 20,231 : 217,697 218,874 217,265 218,085 218,932 219,786 : 210,236 211,617 212,295 214,750 214,659 216,547 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 104 103 102 102 102 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised Broiler Chicks Placed, 19 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------- : Jan 26 : Feb 2 : Feb 9 : Feb 16 : Feb 23 : Mar 1 : 2008 : 2008 : 2008 : 2008 : 2008 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 20,862 21,220 21,019 20,896 *20,661 21,592 AR : 24,147 23,399 22,526 23,171 *23,908 22,362 DE : 5,651 4,889 4,917 4,397 4,104 4,662 FL : 1,332 1,384 1,417 1,382 1,317 1,302 GA : 29,686 27,937 28,747 28,950 29,129 28,632 KY : 5,959 6,069 5,881 6,632 *6,508 6,222 LA : 3,627 3,913 4,033 3,606 3,835 3,747 MD : 5,725 5,978 6,197 7,291 7,234 6,267 MS : 16,482 16,803 17,234 17,136 *17,290 16,945 NC : 15,687 16,384 16,153 16,257 16,404 16,322 OK : 4,598 4,752 5,171 5,688 5,374 5,675 PA : 3,183 3,256 3,289 *3,229 *3,331 3,250 SC : 4,860 4,972 4,789 4,243 4,306 5,336 TX : 12,812 12,513 *12,930 12,890 12,827 12,970 VA : 5,149 5,108 5,010 4,880 4,860 5,142 CA, MO, TN, & WV : *17,851 *17,483 *17,169 *16,847 *16,841 16,918 : 177,611 176,060 176,482 177,495 177,929 177,344 : 171,642 171,953 170,798 171,611 172,634 173,482 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 103 102 103 103 103 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised END OF REPORT!

Broiler growers placed 177.0 million chicks for meat production. Placements were up 2.3% from the comparable week a year earlier.

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