U.S. Broiler Hatchery Down on Year

WASHINGTON - Jun 11/08 - SNS -- Broiler hatchery activity in the United States Broiler was down from last year during the week closing June 7, 2008, but managed a mixed performance on the week, reveals the current USDA statistics.

Commercial hatcheries in the 19-State weekly program set 216.0 million eggs in incubators during the week. This was down 1.4% from the eggs set the same week last year.

Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 84%. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier. Broiler Chicks Placed Down 1 Percent Broiler growers in the 19-State weekly program placed 179 million chicks for meat production during the week ending June 7, 2008. Placements were down 1% from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from December 30, 2007 through June 7, 2008 were 4.10 billion, up 1% 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 :----------------------------------------------------------- : May 3 : May 10 : May 17 : May 24 : May 31 : Jun 7 : 2008 : 2008 : 2008 : 2008 : 2008 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 31,637 31,858 32,089 31,905 32,156 32,166 AR : 27,317 26,611 *26,852 27,244 *27,203 26,918 DE : 3,721 3,718 3,728 3,717 3,721 3,718 FL : 1,346 1,336 *1,341 1,336 1,346 1,341 GA : 34,630 34,041 *34,848 34,509 34,004 34,184 KY : 8,102 *8,127 *8,100 *8,290 *8,168 8,109 LA : 3,712 3,712 3,650 3,682 3,620 3,651 MD : 8,812 8,840 8,796 8,771 8,601 8,881 MS : 18,266 18,893 19,060 18,948 18,981 19,074 NC : 19,314 19,740 *19,693 19,587 19,577 19,263 OK : 7,215 7,446 *7,523 7,301 7,204 7,342 PA : 4,231 4,232 4,405 4,442 *4,566 4,575 SC : 5,371 5,491 5,718 5,556 5,490 5,769 TX : *14,646 *14,836 *15,467 *15,485 *15,599 15,778 VA : 6,444 5,939 6,429 6,257 6,242 6,199 CA, MO, TN, & WV : *19,596 *19,687 19,889 19,723 *19,840 20,018 : 214,360 214,507 217,588 216,753 216,318 216,986 : 218,353 219,938 219,928 219,527 218,990 219,184 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 98 98 99 99 99 99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised Broiler Chicks Placed, 19 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------- : May 3 : May 10 : May 17 : May 24 : May 31 : Jun 7 : 2008 : 2008 : 2008 : 2008 : 2008 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 21,475 21,111 21,200 21,782 *20,999 21,640 AR : 23,995 22,615 22,940 25,035 *23,748 23,671 DE : 4,851 5,746 4,321 4,949 5,206 5,007 FL : 1,145 1,271 1,138 1,136 1,383 1,146 GA : 27,781 28,571 28,094 28,981 *28,993 29,052 KY : 6,730 6,246 5,431 *6,158 *6,072 6,452 LA : 3,784 3,147 3,634 3,474 3,683 3,794 MD : 6,258 6,021 5,712 6,008 5,602 6,071 MS : 17,060 17,145 17,383 16,614 17,259 17,348 NC : 16,510 16,014 16,120 16,087 16,076 16,047 OK : 4,445 5,430 5,136 3,883 4,608 4,802 PA : 3,234 3,262 3,254 3,261 *3,205 3,365 SC : 5,151 4,812 4,997 4,618 4,756 4,726 TX : 13,324 *12,702 *12,851 *12,523 *12,416 12,990 VA : 4,948 4,077 5,113 4,976 4,858 5,202 CA, MO, TN, & WV : *17,049 *18,423 *18,027 *17,249 *17,659 18,131 : 177,740 176,593 175,351 176,734 176,523 179,444 : 180,084 180,594 178,545 179,069 180,055 180,462 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 99 98 98 99 98 99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised END OF REPORT!

Broiler growers placed 179.0 million chicks for meat production. Placements were down 0.6% from the comparable week a year earlier.

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