Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released December 26, 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 4 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 250 million eggs in incubators during the week ending December 21, 2024, up 4 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 79.7 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 2 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 194 million chicks for meat production during the week ending December 21, 2024, up 2 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 6, 2024 through December 21, 2024 for the United States were 9.65 billion. Cumulative placements were up 2 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :November 16, :November 23, :November 30, : December 7, :December 14, :December 21, : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 35,148 35,016 35,506 34,733 34,717 35,464 Arkansas .....................: 25,843 26,030 26,154 25,690 25,906 26,263 Delaware .....................: 5,257 5,250 5,430 5,442 5,436 5,437 Florida ......................: 1,225 1,223 1,225 1,222 1,222 1,225 Georgia ......................: 34,643 34,945 34,814 33,998 34,625 35,212 Kentucky .....................: 8,083 7,878 8,090 7,896 7,806 8,016 Louisiana ....................: 3,655 3,655 3,655 3,653 3,624 3,624 Maryland .....................: 8,092 8,094 8,095 8,095 8,094 8,094 Mississippi ..................: 17,749 18,142 18,107 18,111 18,081 18,066 Missouri .....................: 9,157 9,271 9,201 9,157 9,143 9,114 : North Carolina ...............: 26,197 26,264 26,216 25,841 26,172 26,112 Oklahoma .....................: 5,770 5,965 6,182 5,199 5,770 6,022 Pennsylvania .................: 8,326 8,068 8,032 8,411 8,248 8,138 South Carolina ...............: 6,211 6,110 5,939 5,733 5,735 6,089 Texas ........................: 19,925 19,500 20,104 19,181 19,307 19,521 Virginia .....................: 5,727 5,727 5,727 5,362 5,719 5,668 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 15,753 15,526 15,583 15,712 15,676 15,896 : Other States .................: 11,868 12,091 11,995 11,912 11,915 11,849 : United States ................: 248,629 248,755 250,055 245,348 247,196 249,810 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :November 16, :November 23, :November 30, : December 7, :December 14, :December 21, : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 24,522 24,100 24,321 24,405 24,659 25,084 Arkansas .....................: 21,804 21,382 21,079 21,414 22,097 21,363 Delaware .....................: 4,560 4,421 4,315 4,199 5,481 4,223 Florida ......................: 1,277 1,397 1,240 1,290 1,194 1,310 Georgia ......................: 26,094 26,959 26,379 27,716 27,218 26,927 Kentucky .....................: 5,844 5,834 5,758 6,034 6,041 5,874 Louisiana ....................: 2,942 2,931 2,861 3,092 3,093 3,065 Maryland .....................: 6,269 5,982 6,193 6,491 6,094 6,242 Mississippi ..................: 14,106 13,026 14,215 14,469 14,689 14,579 Missouri .....................: 5,433 5,298 5,896 5,734 5,655 6,296 : North Carolina ...............: 20,870 20,443 20,535 21,050 20,079 20,824 Oklahoma .....................: 3,153 3,306 4,191 4,328 3,961 4,005 Pennsylvania .................: 4,439 5,032 5,158 5,487 5,222 5,290 South Carolina ...............: 4,513 4,202 4,415 4,973 6,096 5,142 Texas ........................: 15,018 15,565 14,463 15,247 15,373 15,345 Virginia .....................: 4,869 5,234 5,181 4,812 4,503 5,335 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 14,338 14,118 14,001 14,043 13,320 13,834 : Other States .................: 9,082 9,065 9,072 9,250 9,374 9,387 : United States ................: 189,133 188,295 189,273 194,034 194,149 194,125 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ..................................................................................................... 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