February 11, 2009

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  **Broiler                                                                 
  Eggs Set                                                                  
  (000) in 19                                                               
  Selected                                                                  
  States**                                                                  

  State       Week Ending                                                   

              3-Jan       10-Jan      17-Jan        24-Jan      31-Jan      7-Feb

              2009        2009        2009          2009        2009        2009

  AL          28,964      28,919      28,914        29,216      28,765      29,023

  AR          24,227      23,721      24,526        24,590      \*24,442    24,710

  DE          3,358       3,358       3,345         3,332       3,417       3,480

  **FL**      **1,028**   **1,028**   **\*1,022**   **999**     **1,016**   **1,027**

  GA          32,528      32,954      32,876        33,154      32,317      32,496

  KY          7,922       7,471       \*7,874       \*7,851     6,723       7,392

  LA          3,424       3,424       3,454         3,454       3,454       3,470

  MD          8,613       8,719       8,946         8,156       8,484       8,095

  MS          17,491      17,401      17,362        16,926      17,190      17,475

  NC          18,762      18,701      \*18,337      18,985      \*18,272    18,549

  OK          6,603       6,307       \*6,813       6,645       6,724       6,777

  PA          3,742       3,849       4,036         3,859       \*3,825     3,795

  SC          5,555       5,697       6,032         5,272       5,792       5,719

  TX          \*15,511    \*15,350    \*15,092      \*15,394    \*14,745    15,443

  VA          5,969       5,849       5,880         5,505       5,385       5,535

  CA, MO, TN, 19,043      \*19142     \*19,290      \*18,457    \*17,780    18,865
  & WV                                                                      

  19 State    \*202,740   \*201,890   \*203,799     \*201,795   \*198,331   201,851
  Total                                                                     

  Previous    217,209     215,444     216,467       217,697     218,880     217,271
  Year Total                                                                

  \* Revised                                                                
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  **Broiler                                                               
  Chicks                                                                  
  Placed                                                                  
  (000) in 19                                                             
  Selected                                                                
  States**                                                                
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  State       Week Ending                                                 

              3-Jan       10-Jan      17-Jan      24-Jan      31-Jan      7-Feb

              2009        2009        2009        2009        2009        2009

  AL          19,933      20,312      19,895      19,290      19,404      19,760

  AR          21,908      22,969      22,583      20,709      \*20,068    21,546

  DE          4,633       4,869       4,743       4,502       4,547       4,580

  **FL**      **978**     **798**     **763**     **864**     **898**     **778**

  GA          27,662      27,503      27,218      27,720      28,258      27,163

  KY          \*5,870     \*6,634     \*6,523     \*6,349     \*4,533     5,984

  LA          3,388       3,400       3,391       3,247       3,622       3,224

  MD          5,850       6,069       6,236       5,880       6,199       6,159

  MS          15,583      15,472      15,594      16,346      16,271      16,300

  NC          15,834      15,348      15,624      15,287      \*15,546    14,738

  OK          4,143       3,633       3,792       4,502       4,393       4,453

  PA          3,377       3,269       3,030       2,963       \*3,004     3,028

  SC          4,423       4,676       5,435       4,533       4,604       5,650

  TX          12,961      \*13,120    \*13,284    \*13,262    \*13,167    13,033

  VA          4,660       4,476       4,235       4,752       4,656       4,631

  CA, MO, TN, 17,494      \*15,696    \*15,381    \*17,023    \*17,514    16,552
  & WV                                                                    

  19 State    \*168,697   \*168,244   \*167,727   \*167,229   \*166,684   167,579
  Total                                                                   

  Previous    177,800     178,512     178,783     177,611     176,060     176,413
  Year Total                                                              

  \* Revised                                                              
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> **[Florida]{.smallcaps}:** Hatcheries placed 778,000 broiler chicks
> with producers during the week ending February 7, 2009. Placements
> were 13 percent below those of the previous week. The placements this
> week are projected to be marketed the week ending March 21, 2009.
> Placement of broiler chicks in Florida during the last six weeks was
> 5,079,000 birds.
>
> **[United States]{.smallcaps}:** Commercial hatcheries placed
> 167,579,000 chicks with producers in the 19 major broiler States
> during the week ending February 7, 2009. Chick placements were one
> percent down from the previous week. Total chicks placed during the
> six‑week period ending March 21, 2009 were 1,006,160,000, six percent
> below the six‑week period of the previous year.

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|     |   | 2008  | 2009   | 2008   | 2009    | Percent |     |   |
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+-----+---+-------+--------+--------+---------+---------+-----+---+
| JAN | 3 | 1,375 | 978    | 1      | \*      | 95      | FEB | 1 |
|     |   |       |        | 77,800 | 168,697 |         |     | 4 |
+-----+---+-------+--------+--------+---------+---------+-----+---+
|     | 1 | 1,394 | 798    | 1      | \*      | 94      |     | 2 |
|     | 0 |       |        | 78,512 | 168,244 |         |     | 1 |
+-----+---+-------+--------+--------+---------+---------+-----+---+
|     | 1 | 1,469 | 763    | 1      | \*      | 94      |     | 2 |
|     | 7 |       |        | 78,783 | 167,727 |         |     | 8 |
+-----+---+-------+--------+--------+---------+---------+-----+---+
|     | 2 | 1,332 | 864    | 1      | \*      | 94      | MAR | 7 |
|     | 4 |       |        | 77,611 | 167,229 |         |     |   |
+-----+---+-------+--------+--------+---------+---------+-----+---+
|     | 3 | 1,384 | 898    | 1      | \*      | 94      |     | 1 |
|     | 1 |       |        | 76,060 | 166,684 |         |     | 4 |
+-----+---+-------+--------+--------+---------+---------+-----+---+
| FEB | 7 | 1,417 | 778    | 1      | 167,579 | 95      |     | 2 |
|     |   |       |        | 76,413 |         |         |     | 1 |
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