HDR1012000150061013951500Turkey Hatchery                                        
HDR2012000150061013951500Turkey Hatchery Narrative                              
                                                                                
Released October 13, 1995, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service      
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture.  For     
information on "Turkey Hatchery" call James E. Brewster at (202) 720-8784,      
office hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET.  For assistance with general            
agricultural statistics, information about NASS, its products or services,      
contact the NASS Information Hotline at 1-800-727-9540 or E-mail:  NASS@AG.GOV. 
Estimates refer to September and October 1995.                                  
                                                                                
                                                                                
                  Eggs in Incubators on October 1 Up 2 Percent                  
                                                                                
Turkey eggs in incubators on October 1, 1995, in the United States totaled      
32.0 million, up 2 percent from October 1 a year ago.  Eggs in incubators were  
3 percent more than the revised September 1 total of 31.2 million.  Regional    
percent changes from the previous year were:  E N Central, down 2; W N Central, 
up 8; N & S Atlantic, up 1; S Central, down 3; and West, up 7.                  
                                                                                
                                                                                
                 Poults Placed During September Down 3 Percent                  
                                                                                
The 23.1 million poults placed during September 1995 in the United States were  
down 3 percent from the placements during the same month a year ago.            
Placements were down 15 percent from the revised August 1995 total of           
27.1 million.  Regional percent changes from the previous year were:  E N       
Central, up 3; W N Central, down 8; N & S Atlantic, down 4; S Central, up 3;    
and West, unchanged.                                                            
                                                                                
                                                                                
Pou 3 (10-95)                                                                   
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000150061013951500Turkey Hatchery Production                             
                                                                                
             Turkey Hatchery Production:  Monthly Poult Placements,             
                          United States, 1994-96 1/ 2/                          
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        :      Total All      : Percent :       Cumulative      :    Percent    
        :        Breeds       :   of    :         Total         :       of      
  Month :---------------------: Previous:-----------------------:    Previous   
        :  1994-95  : 1995-96 :  Year   :  1994-95  :  1995-96  :      Year     
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        :      -- 1,000 --      Percent       --- 1,000 ---          Percent    
        :                                                                       
Sep     :   23,920     23,107      97       23,920      23,107          97      
Oct     :   23,517                          47,437                              
Nov     :   24,697                          72,134                              
Dec     :   25,621                          97,755                              
Jan     :   27,038                         124,793                              
Feb     :   25,943                         150,736                              
Mar     :   28,514                         179,250                              
Apr     :   26,906                         206,156                              
May     :   29,460                         235,616                              
Jun     :   29,916                         265,532                              
Jul     :   29,079                         294,611                              
Aug     :   26,563                         321,174                              
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1/  1994 data include revisions published in "Hatchery Production 1994 Summary".
2/  Excludes exported poults.                                                   
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000150061013951500Eggs in Incubators                                     
                                                                                
                  Eggs in Incubators:  First of Month by Region                 
                and United States, October 1995 with Comparisons                
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               :          :          :          :  Percent of  :   Percent of   
   Geographic  :   Oct 1  :   Sep 1  :   Oct 1  :   Previous   :    Previous    
    Division   :   1994   :   1995   :   1995   :     Year     :      Month     
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               :   ---------- 1,000 ----------          ---- Percent ----       
               :                                                                
E N Central    :   4,403      4,256      4,293           98            101      
W N Central    :   8,672      8,574      9,329          108            109      
N & S Atlantic :  11,883    *11,906     11,973          101            101      
S Central      :   3,624     *3,422      3,526           97            103      
West           :   2,710      3,037      2,913          107             96      
               :                                                                
US             :  31,292    *31,195     32,034          102            103      
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                    Poult Placements:  Entire Month by Region                   
              and United States, September 1995 with Comparisons 1/             
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               :          :          :          :  Percent of :   Percent of    
  Geographic   :   Sep    :   Aug    :   Sep    :   Previous  :    Previous     
   Division    :   1994   :   1995   :   1995   :     Year    :      Month      
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               :   ---------- 1,000 ----------         ---- Percent ----        
               :                                                                
E N Central    :   2,842      3,541      2,932         103            83        
W N Central    :   6,834      7,566      6,282          92            83        
N & S Atlantic :   9,330    *10,025      8,914          96            89        
S Central      :   2,533     *3,100      2,604         103            84        
West           :   2,381      2,913      2,375         100            82        
               :                                                                
US             :  23,920    *27,145     23,107          97            85        
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*   Revised                                                                     
1/  Regional placements refer to poults placed from hatcheries located in that  
    region, and not the actual location of the birds after placement.           
                                                                                
                                                                                
    Regional Listing:                                                           
     North Atlantic  = CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT.                      
     E North Central = IL, IN, MI, OH, WI.                                      
     W North Central = IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD.                              
     South Atlantic  = DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV.                          
     South Central   = AL, AR, KY, LA, MS, OK, TN, TX.                          
     West            = AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY.      
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000150061013951500Reliability                                            
                                                                                
                            Turkey Hatchery Estimates                           
                                                                                
Data Sources: Primary data for the "Turkey Hatchery" report are collected from  
              weekly and/or monthly questionnaires sent to turkey hatcheries in 
19 States.  An attempt is made to collect hatchery information from all known   
hatcheries in these 19 monthly States.  Approximately 64 hatcheries are         
contacted each month.                                                           
                                                                                
                                                                                
Revisions: Revisions are generally the result of late or corrected data and     
           are usually less than 1 percent at the U.S. level.  Revisions to the 
previous month are published in the monthly "Turkey Hatchery" report, while     
annual revisions are published in the "Hatchery Production - Annual Summary"    
report at the end of the marketing year.  The annual report also includes data  
for six States which report on an annual basis only.                            
                                                                                
                                                                                
Procedures and Reliability:  Hatcheries are mailed a questionnaire and given    
                             adequate time to respond by mail.  Those that do   
not respond by mail are called by phone.  Diligent effort is made to ensure     
that all hatcheries are accounted for in the estimate.  An allowance is made    
for all non-reporting hatcheries.                                               
                                                                                
Accumulated poult placements beginning on September 1 and ending on August 31   
are shown in the monthly "Turkey Hatchery" report.  This time period            
corresponds with the placements of poults which will reach maturity and be      
available for slaughter during the calendar year.  Only regional and U.S. level 
estimates are published due to the limited number of hatcheries involved.       
Regional placement data in the report refer to placement of poults from         
hatcheries located in that region, not the actual location of the birds after   
placement.  Poults exported out of the U.S. and poults imported from outside of 
the U.S. are not included in the report.                                        
                                                                                
Turkey hatchery estimates are based on a census of operating hatcheries and,    
therefore, have no sampling error.  However, they may be subject to errors such 
as omission, duplication, and mistakes in reporting, recording, and processing  
the data.  These errors are minimized through strict quality controls in the    
edit and summarization process, and a careful review of all reported data for   
consistency and reasonableness.                                                 
                                                                                
States in the monthly estimating program are:  Arkansas, California, Colorado,  
Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina Ohio,      
Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia,   
and Wisconsin.                                                                  
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
The next "Turkey Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on              
November 15, 1995.                                                              
                                                                                
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an equal employment opportunity employer.                                       
                                                                                
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