HDR1012000150060512951500Turkey Hathery                                         
HDR2012000150060512951500Turkey Hathery Narrative                               
                                                                                
Released May 12, 1995, by the Agricultural Statistics Board.  Estimates refer to
April and May 1995.                                                             
                                                                                
                     Eggs in Incubators May 1 Down 3 Percent                    
                                                                                
Turkey eggs in incubators on May 1, 1995, in the United States totaled          
37.0 million, down 3 percent from May 1 a year ago.  Eggs in incubators were    
1 percent more than the revised April 1 total of 36.8 million.  Regional percent
changes from the previous year were:  E N Central, down 4; W N Central, up 3; N 
& S Atlantic, down 1; S Central, down 2; and West, down 17.                     
                                                                                
                    Poults Placed During April Down 6 Percent                   
                                                                                
The 26.8 million poults placed during April 1995 in the United States were down 
6 percent from both the placements during the same month a year ago and from the
revised March 1995 total of 28.5 million.  The cumulative total for the         
September 1994 through April 1995 period, at 206 million poults, was up         
4 percent from the same period the previous year.  Regional percent changes from
the previous year were:  E N Central, down 8; W N Central, down 2; N & S        
Atlantic, down 5; S Central, down 4, and West, down 14.                         
                                                                                
                                                                                
For information call James E. Brewster at (202) 720-8784.  Office hours are     
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET.                                                      
                                                                                
                                                                                
Pou 3 (5-95)                                                                    
HDR2012000150060512951500Turkey Hathery Production                              
             Turkey Hatchery Production:  Monthly Poult Placements,             
                          United States, 1993-95 1/ 2/                          
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        :      Total All      : Percent :       Cumulative      :    Percent    
        :        Breeds       :   of    :         Total         :       of      
  Month :---------------------: Previous:-----------------------:    Previous   
        :  1993-94  : 1994-95 :  Year   :  1993-94  :  1994-95  :      Year     
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        :     -- 1,000 --      Percent     --- 1,000 ---             Percent    
        :                                                                       
Sep     :   21,262     23,920    113        21,262      23,920         113      
Oct     :   20,957     23,517    112        42,219      47,437         112      
Nov     :   23,778     24,697    104        65,997      72,134         109      
Dec     :   25,307     25,621    101        91,304      97,755         107      
Jan     :   25,212     27,038    107       116,516     124,793         107      
Feb     :   25,037     25,943    104       141,553     150,736         106      
Mar     :   28,474     28,514    100       170,027     179,250         105      
Apr     :   28,351     26,760     94       198,378     206,010         104      
May     :   29,360                         227,738                              
Jun     :   28,704                         256,442                              
Jul     :   28,244                         284,686                              
Aug     :   26,331                         311,017                              
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1/  1994 data include revisions published in "Hatchery Production 1994          
    Summary".                                                                   
2/  Excludes exported poults.                                                   
                                                                                
HDR2012000150060512951500Eggs in Incubators                                     
                  Eggs in Incubators:  First of Month by Region                 
                  and United States, May 1995 with Comparisons                  
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               :          :          :          :  Percent of  :   Percent of   
   Geographic  :   May 1  :   Apr 1  :   May 1  :   Previous   :    Previous    
    Division   :   1994   :   1995   :   1995   :     Year     :      Month     
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               :  ----------- 1,000 ----------          ---- Percent ----       
               :                                                                
E N Central    :   5,493     *5,416      5,288          96             98       
W N Central    :  10,863     10,201     11,153         103            109       
N & S Atlantic :  12,530     12,647     12,355          99             98       
S Central      :   4,174     *4,099      4,071          98             99       
West           :   5,004      4,451      4,165          83             94       
               :                                                                
US             :  38,064    *36,814     37,032          97            101       
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*  Revised.                                                                     
                                                                                
                                                                                
                    Poult Placements:  Entire Month by Region                   
                and United States, April 1995 with Comparisons 1/               
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               :          :          :          :  Percent of :   Percent of    
  Geographic   :   Apr    :   Mar    :   Apr    :   Previous  :    Previous     
   Division    :   1994   :   1995   :   1995   :     Year    :      Month      
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               :   ---------- 1,000 ----------          ---- Percent ----       
               :                                                                
E N Central    :   4,021     *4,039      3,687          92             91       
W N Central    :   7,882     *8,210      7,740          98             94       
N & S Atlantic :   9,592      9,833      9,109          95             93       
S Central      :   3,210     *3,248      3,092          96             95       
West           :   3,646      3,184      3,132          86             98       
               :                                                                
US             :  28,351    *28,514     26,760          94             94       
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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.      
HDR2012000150060512951500Reliabilty                                             
                            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              
June 14, 1995.                                                                  
                                                                                
                                                                                
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