Moderate Increase in U.S. Broiler Hatchery

WASHINGTON - Jun 9/10 - SNS -- The USDA reported a moderate gain in broiler hatchery in the United States over the seven days finishing June 5, 2010 with activity exceeding both week earlier and year earlier levels.

Commercial hatcheries in the 19-State weekly program set 211.0 million eggs in incubators during the week. This was up 2.4% 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 Up 1 Percent Broiler growers in the 19-State weekly program placed 173 million chicks for meat production during the week ending June 5, 2010. Placements were up 1% from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from January 3, 2010 through June 5, 2010 were 3.72 billion, up slightly 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, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria VA 22312. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------- : May 1 : May 8 : May 15 : May 22 : May 29 : Jun 5 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 30,902 30,489 *30,805 30,776 30,709 31,034 AR : 24,098 24,124 24,365 24,621 24,578 24,561 DE : 3,787 3,771 3,796 3,813 3,815 3,817 FL : 1,380 1,391 1,388 1,388 1,382 1,388 GA : 31,665 31,765 32,372 32,484 32,479 32,128 KY : *7,926 *8,112 *7,595 7,858 *7,901 7,939 LA : 3,500 3,319 3,319 3,409 3,470 3,500 MD : 7,059 8,050 8,018 8,240 7,987 8,209 MS : 18,816 19,170 19,282 19,140 19,368 19,489 NC : 20,033 19,864 *20,174 20,161 *19,967 20,147 OK : 6,747 6,873 6,924 6,633 6,698 6,830 PA : *3,762 *3,664 3,832 4,144 *3,950 3,909 SC : 5,839 5,789 5,796 6,004 5,769 5,562 TX : 15,920 16,048 16,108 16,256 16,227 16,261 VA : 6,616 6,531 6,429 6,411 6,437 6,539 CA, MO, TN, & WV : *18,934 *19,864 *20,058 *20,220 *19,887 20,515 : 206,984 208,824 210,261 211,558 210,624 211,828 : 201,582 204,581 205,499 205,375 206,039 206,916 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 103 102 102 103 102 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised Broiler Chicks Placed, 19 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------- : May 1 : May 8 : May 15 : May 22 : May 29 : Jun 5 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 21,332 21,383 21,189 21,264 21,702 21,077 AR : 22,183 20,938 21,337 22,440 21,211 21,694 DE : 5,150 4,657 5,053 4,757 4,753 4,737 FL : 955 1,008 1,129 1,022 1,040 1,025 GA : 27,144 26,866 26,148 26,958 26,971 27,880 KY : *6,756 *6,278 *5,373 *6,296 *6,837 6,621 LA : 3,153 3,142 3,296 3,186 3,021 3,059 MD : 6,588 6,130 6,446 5,618 6,843 6,146 MS : 16,770 16,794 16,838 16,832 16,578 17,234 NC : 15,382 15,362 15,547 15,247 *15,093 15,750 OK : 3,609 4,900 4,135 3,191 4,481 4,393 PA : *2,974 *3,053 3,055 3,077 *2,986 2,864 SC : 4,485 4,631 5,762 4,940 5,060 4,873 TX : 12,937 12,909 12,952 13,094 13,226 13,314 VA : 5,037 5,905 5,487 5,613 4,902 5,372 CA, MO, TN, & WV : *17,887 *16,785 *18,031 *16,948 18,022 17,399 : 172,342 170,741 171,778 170,483 172,726 173,438 : 169,262 169,977 168,175 167,722 169,961 171,580 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 102 100 102 102 102 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised END OF REPORT!

Broiler growers placed 173.0 million chicks for meat production. Placements were up 1.2% from the comparable week a year earlier.