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~~i/;1-1z~EORGIA WEEKLY HATCHERY
Released: November 12, 1998
948-45
Publication No. USPS 383-930
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
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BROILERS PLACED IN GEORGIA UP 8 PERCENT BROILER EGGS SET UP 11 PERCENT
Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ending November 7 was 23,371,000, down 4 percent from the previous week but up 8 percent from the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Agricultural Statistics Service.
An estimated 31,008,000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries, up 1 percent from the previous week and up 11 percent from the comparable week a year earlier.
Placement of broiler chicks in the 15 reporting States totaled 132,428,000, down 2 percent from the previous week but up 5 percent from the comparable week last year. Broiler type hatching eggs set were 173,145,000, up 1 percent from the previous week and up 2 percent from the corresponding week a year earlier. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 81 percent. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier.
GEORGIA BROILER TYPE EGGS SET AND CHICK PLACEMENTS
Eggs Set11
Net Cross State Movement of Chicks
Chicks Placed for Broiler in Georgia
Week
%of
Ended
1997
1998 year ago 1997
1998
Thousands
Thousands
July 25
29,649
31,059
105
+355
Aug. 1
29,781
30,941
104
-206
Aug. 8
30,512
30,879
101
+309
Aug. 15
29,543
31,044
105
-157
Aug. 22
30,478
31,603
104
-335
Aug. 29
30,359
31,242
103
-176
Sept. 5
30,376
30,914
102
-16
Sept. 12
28,323
30,196
107
+132
Sept. 19
28,506
30,386
107
+205
Sept. 26
28,068
29,566
105
+207
Oct. 3
30,269
31,368
104
-29
Oct. 10
28,914
31,151
108
-142
Oct. 17
26,729
30,865*
115*
-73
Oct. 24
27,470 28,924
105
-312
Oct. 31
27,773
30,675*
110
+40
Nov. 7
27,852
31,008
111
+277
I/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. * Revised
+313 +115 +607 +304 -461
+82 -334 +307 +404 +736 +428 +137 +477 +68 -56 -512
1997
24,024 24,198 24,555 23,454 23,208 24,060 23,574 24,196 24,262 24,496 22,561 22,520 -22,017 23,740 23,219 21,541
1998
Thousands
24,376 24,033 25,010 24,657 23,577 23,073 23,898 24,926 24,797 24,685 23,971 23,612 23,464 24,569 24,405* 23,371
%of year ago
101 99 102 105 102 100 101 103 102 101 106 105 107 103 105 108
Published: Weekly USDA/NASS COOPERATING WITH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
State
AL AR DE FL GA MD MS NC PA SC TX VA CA,TN,&WV
15 State Total
Previous Year Total
Pct. of Prev. Year *Revised.
Oct3 1998
Thousand
25,471 29,312 4,378
2,736 31,368
8,587 16,831 16,081 3,556 4,585 13,278 6,588 10,455
173,226
170,663
102
Broiler Eggs Set, 15 Selected States
Week Ending
Oct 10 1998
Oct 17 1998
Oct24 1998
Thousand
Thousand
Thousand
23,968 *28,466
4,095 2,510 31,151 8,725 17,624 15,992 3,607 4,498 12,850 6,104 10,288
*24,568 *28,087
4,098 2,461 *30,865 7,697 16,423 15,659 3,274 4,548 *12,314 6,172 *11,131
*25,182 *27,567
4,068 2,826 28,924 7,806 *16,654 15,663 3,200 4,276 11,932 6,039 10,517
*169,878
*167,297
*164,654
165,123
158,883
157,305
103
105
105
Oct31 1998
Thousand
*25,939 28,319 4,610 2,749
*30,675 8,442
*17,714 17,084 *3,502 4,553 11,744 *6,053 10,618
*172,002
162,661
106
Nov? 1998
Thousand
25,521 28,507 4,167
2,696 31,008
8,893 16,984 17,617 3,361 4,653 12,390 6,233 11,115
173,145
169,341
102
State
AL AR DE FL GA MD MS NC PA SC TX VA CA, TN,&WV
15 State Total
Previous Year Total
Pct. of Prev. Year *Revised.
Oct3 1998
Thousand
18,058 21,391
5,756 1,918 23,971 4,834 14,114 *12,466 2,438 3,670 9,681 4,883 8,496
Broiler Chicks Placed, 15 Selected States
Week Ending
Oct 10 1998
Oct 17 1998
Oct24 1998
Thousand
Thousand
Thousand
18,729 *22,862
4,535 2,307 23,612 5,361 13,191 *11,825 2,346 3,798 9,332 4,914 7,997
18,247 *21,941
4,517 2,629 23,464 6,334 13,530 *12,074 2,576 3,051 9,344 4,608 8,872
*18,310 *23,443
4,980 2,574 24,569 6,110 *13,871 *12,635 2,629 3,871 10,217 5,042 9,567
131,676
*130,809
*131,187
*137,818
129,607
131,158
130,236
139,492
102
100
101
99
Oct 31 1998
Thousand
*17,637 23,193 4,633 *2,273
*24,405 6,070
*14,372 12,433 *2,570 3,773 9,841 *5,070 *9,234
*135,504
132,375
102
Nov? 1998
Thousand
17,627 22,279 4,268
2,085 23,371
5,645 '13,215 12,496
2,266 5,304 9,457 4,570 9,845
132,428
126,248
105