ga-broilers WEEKLY HATCHERY REPORT Media Contact: Released: January 21, 2009 3:00 P.M. Douglas G. Kleweno E-mail: nass-ga@nass.usda.gov Director Website: http://www.nass.usda.gov/ga 706-546-2236 BROILERS PLACED IN GEORGIA DOWN 5 PERCENT BROILER EGGS SET DOWN 8 PERCENT Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ending January 17, 2009 was 27.2 million, down 1 percent from the previous week and down 5 percent from the comparable week last year, according to the USDA, NASS, Georgia Field Office. An estimated 32.2 million broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries, down 1 percent from the previous week and down 8 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Broiler-type chicks hatched during the week totaled 27.4 million, down slightly from the previous week and down 5 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Average hatchability for chicks hatched in Georgia was 84 percent. GEORGIA BROILER TYPE EGGS SET, CHICKS HATCHED, AND CHICKS PLACED Net Cross State Eggs Set 1/ Chicks Hatched Movement of Chicks Chicks Placed % of % of % of Week 2007 2/ 2008 year 2007 2/ 2008 year 2007 2/ 2008 2007 2/ 2008 year Ended 2008 2009 ago 2008 2009 ago 2008 2009 2008 2009 ago Thousands Thousands Thousands Thousands Dec 13 35,392 32,540 92 28,719 26,663 93 +929 +599 28,957 26,559 92 Dec 20 35,224 32,778 93 28,583 27,027 95 +646 +728 28,622 27,123 95 Dec 27 35,549 32,669 92 27,733 26,184 94 +761 +545 27,948 26,376 94 Jan 3 35,904 32,528 91 28,729 27,159 95 +1,051 +1,150 29,165 27,662 95 Jan 10 34,851 32,609 94 29,084 27,368 94 +529 +750* 28,947 27,503* 95 Jan 17 35,121 32,243 92 28,935 27,366 95 +216 +542 28,519 27,220 95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. 2/ All 2007 revised. *Revised. Broiler-Type Eggs Set, 19 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------- : Dec 13 : Dec 20 : Dec 27 : Jan 3 : Jan 10 : Jan 17 : 2008 : 2008 : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 29,339 28,700 28,941 28,950 28,904 28,914 AR : 25,115 24,188 *24,249 24,538 23,799 24,335 DE : 3,338 3,358 3,244 3,358 3,358 3,345 FL : 1,271 1,013 *1,008 963 963 962 GA : 32,540 32,778 32,669 32,528 32,609 32,243 KY : 7,630 7,867 *7,424 7,848 7,502 7,674 LA : 3,424 3,424 3,411 3,424 3,424 3,454 MD : 8,512 8,911 8,749 8,613 8,719 8,946 MS : 17,500 17,194 17,372 17,491 17,401 17,362 NC : 19,012 18,419 *18,668 18,799 18,387 18,550 OK : 6,816 6,765 *6,696 6,639 6,518 6,755 PA : 4,346 4,281 3,732 *3,742 *3,935 3,916 SC : 5,566 5,698 5,673 5,555 5,697 6,032 TX : 15,273 15,290 15,490 15,503 15,342 15,081 VA : 6,218 5,964 5,958 5,969 5,849 5,880 CA, MO, TN, & WV : 19,339 19,555 19,166 *19,089 *19,243 19,796 : 19 State Total : 205,239 203,405 *202,450 *203,009 *201,650 203,245 : Previous Year Total : 217,613 218,612 218,815 217,209 215,444 216,467 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 94 93 93 93 94 94 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised Broiler Chicks Placed, 19 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------- : Dec 13 : Dec 20 : Dec 27 : Jan 3 : Jan 10 : Jan 17 : 2008 : 2008 : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 20,849 19,908 19,864 19,944 20,304 19,907 AR : 21,173 20,812 20,734 21,908 22,969 22,535 DE : 4,183 4,940 4,221 4,633 4,869 4,743 FL : 987 1,060 1,103 978 798 763 GA : 26,559 27,123 26,376 27,662 *27,503 27,220 KY : 6,388 6,028 6,010 5,842 6,609 6,145 LA : 3,326 3,228 3,287 3,388 3,400 3,391 MD : 6,215 5,288 5,970 5,850 6,069 6,236 MS : 15,672 15,501 15,463 15,583 15,472 15,594 NC : 15,274 15,805 15,377 15,834 15,414 15,870 OK : 4,465 5,545 5,258 4,143 3,633 3,792 PA : 3,218 3,339 3,383 *3,377 *3,214 2,990 SC : 4,818 5,058 5,071 4,423 4,676 5,155 TX : 12,922 12,992 12,842 12,961 13,113 13,277 VA : 5,225 4,952 4,515 4,660 4,476 4,235 CA, MO, TN, & WV : 16,624 16,609 16,817 17,514 *15,728 15,455 : 19 State Total : 167,898 168,188 166,291 *168,700 *168,247 167,308 : Previous Year Total : 178,626 179,381 175,417 177,800 178,512 178,783 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 94 94 95 95 94 94 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised Average hatchability for chicks hatched in the 19 selected States during the week was 84 percent. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier