U.S. Broiler Hatchery Down on Year

WASHINGTON - Jun 10/09 - SNS -- Broiler hatchery activity in the United States Broiler was down from last year for the seven days finishing June 6, 2009, but managed a mixed performance on the week, reveals the current USDA statistics.

Commercial hatcheries in the 19-State weekly program set 204.0 million eggs in incubators during the week. This was down 6.0% from the eggs set the same week last year.

Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 85%. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier. Broiler Chicks Placed Down 5 Percent Broiler growers in the 19-State weekly program placed 170 million chicks for meat production during the week ending June 6, 2009. Placements were down 5% from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from December 28, 2008 through June 6, 2009 were 3.86 billion, down 6% 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 2 : May 9 : May 16 : May 23 : May 30 : Jun 6 : 2009 : 2009 : 2009 : 2009 : 2009 : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 29,533 29,362 *29,575 *29,937 *29,866 28,744 AR : 23,739 23,649 *23,638 24,116 23,971 23,990 DE : 3,615 3,579 3,760 3,624 3,587 3,579 FL : 994 995 992 992 1,081 1,083 GA : 31,673 31,659 32,085 31,618 31,845 32,383 KY : 7,804 *7,850 *7,997 8,098 8,202 7,959 LA : 2,230 2,230 2,230 2,245 2,260 2,260 MD : 8,799 8,700 8,803 8,870 8,599 8,849 MS : 17,456 18,367 18,587 18,372 18,593 18,854 NC : 18,629 18,806 *18,345 18,368 18,513 18,160 OK : 7,002 7,081 *6,927 6,683 *6,751 6,913 PA : 3,805 4,182 3,667 3,863 *3,706 3,867 SC : 5,714 5,905 5,629 5,594 5,831 5,589 TX : *14,523 *15,157 *15,352 *15,490 *15,768 15,754 VA : 6,283 6,381 6,401 6,272 6,285 6,328 CA, MO, TN, & WV : 19,319 19,913 19,996 *18,797 *19,876 19,941 : 201,118 203,816 203,984 202,939 204,734 204,253 : 214,943 215,106 218,063 217,208 216,910 217,504 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 94 95 94 93 94 94 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised Broiler Chicks Placed, 19 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------- : May 2 : May 9 : May 16 : May 23 : May 30 : Jun 6 : 2009 : 2009 : 2009 : 2009 : 2009 : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 20,352 21,084 20,755 *20,750 *20,188 21,259 AR : 21,156 21,626 21,171 21,957 22,177 21,514 DE : *5,138 *4,721 *5,417 *5,016 *4,990 5,142 FL : 695 821 870 718 715 707 GA : 27,251 26,110 25,906 *26,603 *26,786 27,054 KY : 6,067 6,769 5,968 6,806 6,871 6,206 LA : 1,902 1,888 1,902 1,917 1,933 1,922 MD : *5,967 *6,571 *5,746 *5,629 *6,330 6,251 MS : 16,693 16,072 16,311 15,625 16,324 16,600 NC : 15,639 15,659 15,284 15,475 *15,851 15,527 OK : 4,931 4,417 4,701 3,784 *4,288 4,887 PA : 3,105 3,098 3,095 3,005 *3,107 2,946 SC : 4,768 5,862 5,019 5,085 4,858 4,522 TX : 13,001 *13,359 *13,010 *12,637 *13,413 13,369 VA : 4,562 4,996 5,129 5,365 4,556 4,883 CA, MO, TN, & WV : 16,713 16,605 17,378 *16,782 16,966 17,518 : 167,940 169,658 167,662 167,154 169,353 170,307 : 178,080 177,253 175,827 177,324 177,037 179,821 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 94 96 95 94 96 95 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised END OF REPORT!

Broiler growers placed 170.0 million chicks for meat production. Placements were down 5.0% from the comparable week a year earlier.

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