Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released March 20, 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 2 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 244 million eggs in incubators during the week ending March 16, 2024, up 2 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 79.0 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 16, 2024, up 1 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 6, 2024 through March 16, 2024 for the United States were 2.05 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 10, :February 17, :February 24, : March 2, : March 9, : March 16, : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 34,899 35,122 35,133 35,260 34,318 35,124 Arkansas .....................: 24,606 24,990 25,655 25,193 25,096 24,774 Delaware .....................: 5,566 5,618 5,538 5,620 5,574 5,583 Florida ......................: 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 Georgia ......................: 36,050 36,228 36,156 36,001 36,237 36,378 Kentucky .....................: 6,788 7,138 8,133 7,732 8,062 8,088 Louisiana ....................: 3,557 3,503 3,471 3,533 3,548 3,563 Maryland .....................: 8,066 8,066 8,061 8,050 8,063 8,062 Mississippi ..................: 17,262 17,412 17,469 17,458 17,296 17,396 Missouri .....................: 8,692 8,535 8,798 8,833 8,705 8,798 : North Carolina ...............: 25,195 25,074 25,346 24,723 24,937 24,712 Oklahoma .....................: 5,467 5,698 5,426 5,338 5,125 4,891 Pennsylvania .................: 7,702 7,822 7,659 7,900 7,935 7,803 South Carolina ...............: 6,290 6,252 6,088 6,082 5,970 6,332 Texas ........................: 19,268 19,352 19,312 19,311 19,376 19,376 Virginia .....................: 5,594 5,667 5,667 5,664 5,664 5,667 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 13,994 13,592 13,615 13,623 13,894 13,737 : Other States .................: 11,893 12,036 11,859 11,863 11,909 12,282 : United States ................: 242,114 243,330 244,611 243,409 242,934 243,791 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :February 10, :February 17, :February 24, : March 2, : March 9, : March 16, : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 24,273 24,080 24,471 24,659 25,458 24,221 Arkansas .....................: 20,989 20,455 19,927 20,713 21,554 21,267 Delaware .....................: 4,520 5,226 4,632 5,539 4,574 4,550 Florida ......................: 962 1,105 1,317 1,243 1,330 1,414 Georgia ......................: 28,488 27,940 28,018 26,914 26,697 28,036 Kentucky .....................: 5,328 5,342 5,376 5,352 5,600 5,943 Louisiana ....................: 2,751 2,979 2,930 2,888 2,836 2,820 Maryland .....................: 6,219 6,152 5,874 6,389 6,558 6,797 Mississippi ..................: 13,385 13,431 13,369 13,462 13,781 13,638 Missouri .....................: 4,928 5,236 5,491 5,476 5,425 5,522 : North Carolina ...............: 19,515 19,516 19,794 20,367 19,729 19,349 Oklahoma .....................: 3,885 3,773 4,329 3,883 3,170 3,101 Pennsylvania .................: 4,939 5,062 4,569 4,998 4,965 4,791 South Carolina ...............: 4,835 4,475 4,586 4,268 5,399 5,015 Texas ........................: 14,377 14,928 14,660 14,489 14,520 14,591 Virginia .....................: 5,550 4,939 5,288 4,665 5,128 5,139 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 11,425 11,355 12,280 12,819 12,339 12,527 : Other States .................: 9,090 9,077 8,874 8,898 9,144 9,028 : United States ................: 185,459 185,071 185,785 187,022 188,207 187,749 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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