Georgia weekly hatchery [Jan. 4, 2007]

GEORGIA WEEKLY HATCHERY

USDA, NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Washington, DC 20250
Ag Statistics Hotline: 1-800-727-9540 www.usda.gov/nass/ Georgia Field Office
355 East Hancock Avenue, Athens, GA 30601
Cooperating with the Georgia Department of Agriculture

Athens, GA January 4, 2007

Media Contact: Douglas G. Kleweno, 706-546-2236 nass-ga@nass.usda.gov

BROILERS PLACED IN GEORGIA UP 5 PERCENT BROILER EGGS SET UP 2 PERCENT

Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ending December 30 was 28.0 million, down 4 percent from the previous week, but up 5 percent from the comparable week last year, according to the USDA, NASS, Georgia Field Office.

An estimated 35.2 million broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries, up 2 percent from the previous week and up 2 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Broiler-type chicks hatched during the week totaled 28.0 million, down 5 percent from the previous week, but up 1 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Average hatchability for chicks hatched in Georgia was 81 percent.

GEORGIA BROILER TYPE EGGS SET, CHICKS HATCHED, AND CHICKS PLACED

Eggs Set1/

Chicks Hatched

Net Cross State Movement of Chicks

Chicks Placed

Week

% of

% of

% of

Ended 2005 2006 year ago 2005 2006 year ago 2005 2006 2005 2006 year ago

Thousands

Thousands

Thousands

Thousands

Nov 25 34,393 35,216 102 26,699 26,450 99 -134 +602 26,195 26,483 101

Dec 2 33,839 35,793 * 106 * 26,664 27,714 104 +711 -299 26,756 26,515 99

Dec 9 33,390 34,499 * 103 27,380 28,520 104 -234 +345 26,557 28,138 106

Dec 16 34,470 35,819 104 28,399 29,074 102 -218 -71 27,601 28,590 104

Dec 23 33,881 34,664 * 102 * 27,812 29,480 * 106 * -147 +120 * 27,293 29,066 * 106 *

Dec 30 34,522 35,205 102 27,660 27,996 101 -570 +336 26,660 28,025 105

1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. * Revised.

Million Chicks

31.0

BROILER CHICKS PLACED IN GEORGIA BY WEEK, 2005-2006

30.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

26.0 25.0

2005

2006

24.0 Jan Feb Mar Apr

May Jun Jul

Aug Sep

Oct Nov Dec

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State
AL AR DE FL GA KY LA MD MS NC OK PA SC TX VA CA, MO, TN, & WV
19 State Total
Previous Year Total
Pct. of Prev. Year * Revised

Broiler-Type Eggs Set, 19 Selected States

Week Ending

Nov 25 2006

Dec 2 2006

Dec 9 2006

Dec 16 2006

Thousand
30,220 29,644
3,837 1,336 35,216 7,505 3,712 8,609 18,123 18,540 6,403 4,124 5,384 14,326 6,223 17,985

Thousand
*31,149 *29,786
3,943 1,264 35,793 *7,899 3,712 8,495 17,007 18,825 6,449 4,023 5,574 14,309 6,399 17,606

Thousand
30,593 28,614
3,963 *1,344 *34,499 *6,454
3,712 8,482 17,147 *18,555 6,447 3,901 5,471 14,080 5,959 17,863

Thousand
30,327 29,789
3,913 1,353 35,819 7,465 3,742 8,531 17,960 19,039 6,177 4,002 5,530 14,138 6,075 *17,890

211,187

*212,233

*207,084

*211,750

215,393

214,156

213,249

215,686

98

99

97

98

Dec 23 2006
Thousand
*30,372 *28,933
3,572 1,342 *34,664 *7,263 3,742 *8,498 *18,374 18,688 *6,483 *3,920 *5,230 14,112 *6,164 *17,839
*209,196
212,232
99

Dec 30 2006
Thousand
30,508 29,531
3,963 1,342 35,205 7,310 3,649 8,531 18,439 18,224 6,386 4,053 5,610 14,233 6,238 17,878
211,100
214,172
99

State
AL AR DE FL GA KY LA MD MS NC OK PA SC TX VA CA, MO, TN, & WV
19 State Total
Previous Year Total
Pct. of Prev. Year * Revised

Broiler Chicks Placed, 19 Selected States

Week Ending

Nov 25 2006

Dec 2 2006

Dec 9 2006

Dec 16 2006

Thousand
18,602 21,931
5,070 1,439 26,483 5,366 3,768 5,972 15,453 15,437 3,948 2,828 3,966 11,606 4,057 16,268

Thousand
20,721 23,607
4,941 1,194 26,515 5,717 3,445 5,340 15,302 15,586 4,805 2,846 4,998 11,670 5,017 16,374

Thousand
19,686 23,250
5,287 1,484 28,138 6,174 3,635 5,761 15,762 15,496 5,424 2,915 4,578 12,142 4,776 16,980

Thousand
20,225 23,904
4,366 1,685 28,590 5,922 3,606 6,675 16,075 15,454 4,180 2,949 4,521 12,085 5,186 *17,102

162,194

168,078

171,488

*172,525

169,218

171,991

173,392

175,810

96

98

99

98

Dec 23 2006
Thousand
*20,903 *23,869
*4,914 *1,517 *29,066 *6,331 3,816 *5,944 *15,238 15,445 *4,754 *2,982 *4,561 12,052 *5,275 *16,635
*173,302
174,733
99

Dec 30 2006
Thousand
20,412 22,870
4,260 1,401 28,025 5,220 3,420 6,617 15,312 15,442 5,288 2,767 4,475 11,789 4,407 16,594
168,299
173,580
97

Average hatchability for chicks hatched in the 19 selected States during the week was 83 percent. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier.