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Mixed U.S. Broiler Hatchery Situation
WASHINGTON - Mar 19/08 - SNS -- Broiler hatchery activity in the United States Broiler managed a mixed performance over the seven days ending March 15, 2008, shows this week's USDA sector report.
Commercial hatcheries in the 19-State weekly program set 218.0 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 3 Percent Broiler growers in the 19-State weekly program placed 180 million chicks for meat production during the week ending March 15, 2008. Placements were up 3% from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from December 30, 2007 through March 15, 2008 were 1.96 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 :----------------------------------------------------------- : Feb 9 : Feb 16 : Feb 23 : Mar 1 : Mar 8 : Mar 15 : 2008 : 2008 : 2008 : 2008 : 2008 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 31,879 31,899 *32,024 31,882 32,195 32,497 AR : 27,784 28,156 28,455 28,418 28,061 28,100 DE : 3,868 3,999 3,997 3,982 3,969 3,960 FL : 1,379 1,389 1,369 1,358 1,368 1,369 GA : 35,460 35,318 35,314 35,129 35,088 35,245 KY : 7,432 7,371 *7,921 8,017 *7,988 7,744 LA : 3,984 3,924 3,924 3,924 3,924 3,924 MD : 9,104 9,067 8,975 9,138 8,904 9,097 MS : 18,661 18,722 *18,907 18,774 18,865 19,031 NC : 19,796 19,970 *19,748 20,142 19,995 20,102 OK : 6,305 6,487 6,516 6,451 6,508 6,387 PA : 4,295 4,395 3,998 4,179 *4,067 4,338 SC : 5,714 5,693 5,518 5,800 5,585 5,735 TX : 15,708 15,806 15,869 15,948 15,977 15,695 VA : 6,341 6,428 6,443 6,443 6,413 6,080 CA, MO, TN, & WV : 19,561 *19,855 *20,283 *20,030 *20,084 19,598 : 217,271 218,479 219,261 219,615 218,991 218,902 : 212,295 214,750 214,659 216,547 215,392 215,713 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 102 102 102 101 102 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised Broiler Chicks Placed, 19 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------- : Feb 9 : Feb 16 : Feb 23 : Mar 1 : Mar 8 : Mar 15 : 2008 : 2008 : 2008 : 2008 : 2008 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 21,019 20,895 20,671 21,620 *21,221 21,768 AR : 22,526 23,171 23,908 22,362 24,135 26,128 DE : 4,917 4,397 4,880 5,668 *4,939 5,058 FL : 1,417 1,382 1,317 1,302 1,459 1,353 GA : 28,747 29,045 29,334 28,745 29,438 29,305 KY : 5,812 6,563 6,439 6,348 *5,505 6,262 LA : 4,033 3,606 3,835 3,747 3,897 3,655 MD : 6,197 7,291 6,618 5,271 *6,403 5,836 MS : 17,234 17,136 *17,282 16,945 17,056 17,438 NC : 16,153 16,257 16,404 16,322 16,694 16,120 OK : 5,171 5,688 5,374 5,575 5,086 3,606 PA : 3,289 3,233 3,344 3,234 *3,329 3,034 SC : 4,789 4,243 4,306 5,336 3,987 4,646 TX : 12,930 12,890 12,827 12,970 13,296 13,420 VA : 5,010 4,880 4,860 5,142 4,818 5,021 CA, MO, TN, & WV : 17,169 *16,864 16,841 16,918 *17,866 17,372 : 176,413 177,541 178,240 177,505 179,129 180,022 : 170,798 171,611 172,634 173,482 174,818 174,417 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 103 103 103 102 102 103 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised END OF REPORT!
Broiler growers placed 180.0 million chicks for meat production. Placements were up 3.4% from the comparable week a year earlier.
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