Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released March 13, 2024, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Broiler-Type Eggs Set in the United States Up 1 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 243 million eggs in incubators during the week ending March 9, 2024, up 1 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 79.3 percent. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three-weeks earlier. Broiler-Type Chicks Placed in the United States Up 1 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 188 million chicks for meat production during the week ending March 9, 2024, up 1 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 6, 2024 through March 9, 2024 for the United States were 1.86 billion. Cumulative placements were down slightly from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : February 3, :February 10, :February 17, :February 24, : March 2, : March 9, : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 34,979 34,899 35,122 35,128 35,260 34,318 Arkansas .....................: 24,678 24,606 24,990 25,325 25,193 25,096 Delaware .....................: 5,483 5,566 5,618 5,538 5,620 5,574 Florida ......................: 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 Georgia ......................: 36,225 36,050 36,228 36,183 36,001 36,237 Kentucky .....................: 6,853 6,788 7,138 8,134 7,732 8,062 Louisiana ....................: 3,562 3,557 3,503 3,471 3,533 3,548 Maryland .....................: 8,065 8,066 8,066 8,061 8,050 8,063 Mississippi ..................: 17,200 17,262 17,412 17,469 17,458 17,296 Missouri .....................: 8,656 8,692 8,535 8,797 8,833 8,705 : North Carolina ...............: 25,283 25,195 25,074 24,948 24,223 24,937 Oklahoma .....................: 5,396 5,467 5,698 5,366 5,338 5,125 Pennsylvania .................: 7,421 7,702 7,822 7,594 7,932 7,930 South Carolina ...............: 6,016 6,290 6,252 6,088 6,082 5,970 Texas ........................: 19,764 19,268 19,352 19,282 19,311 19,376 Virginia .....................: 5,578 5,594 5,667 5,667 5,664 5,664 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 13,862 13,994 13,592 13,910 13,623 13,649 : Other States .................: 11,840 11,893 12,036 11,859 11,863 11,909 : United States ................: 242,086 242,114 243,330 244,045 242,941 242,684 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : February 3, :February 10, :February 17, :February 24, : March 2, : March 9, : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 24,605 24,273 24,080 24,471 24,659 25,746 Arkansas .....................: 20,162 20,989 20,455 19,927 20,713 21,554 Delaware .....................: 6,003 4,520 5,226 4,632 5,539 4,574 Florida ......................: 1,229 962 1,105 1,317 1,243 1,330 Georgia ......................: 27,785 28,488 27,940 28,018 26,914 26,390 Kentucky .....................: 5,400 5,328 5,342 5,376 5,352 5,600 Louisiana ....................: 2,898 2,751 2,979 2,930 2,888 2,836 Maryland .....................: 4,603 6,219 6,152 5,874 6,389 6,558 Mississippi ..................: 13,588 13,385 13,431 13,369 13,462 13,781 Missouri .....................: 5,202 4,928 5,236 5,491 5,476 5,425 : North Carolina ...............: 19,551 19,515 19,516 19,794 20,367 19,729 Oklahoma .....................: 3,834 3,885 3,773 4,329 3,883 3,170 Pennsylvania .................: 4,963 4,939 5,062 4,569 4,999 4,966 South Carolina ...............: 4,707 4,835 4,475 4,586 4,265 5,370 Texas ........................: 14,548 14,377 14,928 14,660 14,489 14,520 Virginia .....................: 5,681 5,550 4,939 5,288 4,669 5,132 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 11,937 11,425 11,355 12,280 12,839 12,347 : Other States .................: 9,300 9,090 9,077 8,874 8,901 9,133 : United States ................: 185,996 185,459 185,071 185,785 187,047 188,161 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Statistical Methodology Survey Procedures: Data for broiler hatchery estimates are collected weekly from all broiler-type hatcheries that hatch at least one million chicks a year. Individual NASS regional field offices maintain a list of all known hatcheries and update their lists on a continual basis. All hatcheries that meet the minimum size criteria are given adequate time to respond to the weekly survey. Those that do not respond are contacted by telephone. The weekly United States total for chicks placed includes states receiving greater than 500,000 chicks annually for grow-out. Estimating Procedures: All data are analyzed for unusual values. Data from each operation are compared to their own past operating profile and to trends from similar operations. Data for missing operations are estimated based on similar operations or historical data. NASS regional field offices prepare these estimates by using a combination of survey indications and historic trends. Individual State estimates are reviewed by the Agricultural Statistics Board for reasonableness. Revision Policy: Revisions are generally the result of late or corrected data. Revisions made to the previous five-week's data during the current week are published in this report. Final estimates are published in the annual Hatchery Production Summary released in April. Reliability: Estimates are subject to errors such as omission, duplication, and mistakes in reporting, recording, and processing the data. While these errors cannot be measured directly, they are minimized through strict quality controls in the data collection process and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. Information Contacts Listed below are the commodity specialists in the Livestock Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. E-mail inquiries may be sent to nass@usda.gov Travis Averill, Chief, Livestock Branch ............................... (202) 692-0069 Jean Porter, Head, Poultry and Specialty Commodities Section .......... 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