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Released: November 4, 1998
948-44
Publication No. USPS 383-930
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
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BROILERS PLACED IN GEORGIA UP 5 PERCENT BROILER EGGS SET UP 10 PERCENT
Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ending October 31 was 24,388,000, down 1 percent from the previous week but up 5 percent from the comparable week last year, according to the Georgia Agricultural Statistics Service.
An estimated 30,633,000 broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries, up 6 percent from the previous week and up 10 percent from the comparable week a year earlier.
Placement of broiler chicks in the 15 reporting States totaled 134,666,000, down 2 percent from the previous week but up 2 percent from the comparable week last year. Broiler type hatching eggs set were 172,348,000, up 5 percent from the previous week and up 6 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 PLACE:MENTS
Eggs Set"
Net Cross State Movement of Chicks
Chicks Placed for Broiler in Georgia
Week
%of
Ended
1997
1998 year ago 1997
1998
Thousands
Thousands
July 18
30,585
31,283
102
+7
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
30,243
113
-73
Oct. 24
27,470
28,924*
105
-312
Oct. 31
27773
30633
110
+40
l/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. * Revised
+154 +313 +115 +607 +304 -461 +82 -334 +307 +404 +736 +428 +137 +477* +68*
-56
1997
24,180 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
1998
Thousands
24,893 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* 24 388
%of year ago
103 101 99 102 105 102 100 101 103 102 101 106 105 107* 103* 105
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.
Sep26 1998
Thousand
25,561 27,963 4,344
2,792 29,566
8,714 16,360 15,702 3,788 4,444 11,988 6,012 10,196
167,430
162,951
103
Broiler Eggs Set, 15 Selected States
Week Ending
Oct3 1998
Oct 10 1998
Oct 17 1998
Thousand
Thousand
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
23,968 28,662 4,095
2,510 31,151
8,725 17,624 *15,992 3,607 4,498 *12,850 6,104 *10,288
24,355 28,113 4,098
2,461 30,243
7,697 16,423 15,659 3,274 4,548 12,737 6,172 11,389
173,226
*170,074
167,169
170,663
165,123
158,883
102
103
105
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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.
Broiler Chicks Placed, 15 Selected States
W eekEnding
Sep26 1998
Oct3 1998
Oct 10 1998
Oct 17 1998
Thousand
19,480 22,558
5,546 2,036 24,685 5,227 14,728 12,557 2,692 3,033 9,652 5,009 8,726
Thousand
18,058 21,391 5,756
1,918 23,971 4,834 14,114 12,557 2,438
3,670 *9,681 4,883
8,496
Thousand
18,729 22,704 4,535
2,307 23,612
5,361 13,191 11,901 2,346 3,798 *9,332 4,914 7,997
Thousand
18,247 21,943
4,517 2,629 *23,464 6,334 13,530 12,162 2,576 3,051 9,344 4,608 8,872
135,929
*131,767
*130,727
*131,277
136,917
129,607
131,158
130,236
99
102
100
101
Oct24 1998
Thousand
*24,560 27,796 4,068
2,826 *28,924
7,806 15,907 15,663 *3,200 4,276 11,932 6,039 10,517
*163,514
157,305
104
Oct24 1998
Thousand
*17,828 23,382 4,980 2,574
*24,569 *6,110 13,898 12,733 *2,629 *3,871 10,217 5,042 9,567
*137,400
139,492
99
Oct 31 1998
Thousand
25,383 28,319 4,610
2,749 30,633
8,442 18,035 17,084 3,660 4,553 11,744 6,518 10,618
172,348
162,661
106
Oct 31 1998
Thousand
17,125 23,193 4,633
2,173 24,388
6,070 14,421 12,433 2,539 3,773 9,841 4,781 9,296
134,666
132,375
102