HDR1012000150060914951500Turkey Hatchery                                        
HDR2012000150060914951500Turkey Hatchery Narrative                              
                                                                                
Released September 14, 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 August and September 1995.                                   
                                                                                
                                                                                
                Eggs in Incubators on September 1 Down 4 Percent                
                                                                                
Turkey eggs in incubators on September 1, 1995, in the United States totaled    
30.3 million, down 4 percent from September 1 a year ago.  Eggs in incubators   
were 15 percent less than the revised August 1 total of 35.5 million.  Regional 
percent changes from the previous year were:  E N Central, up 8; W N Central,   
down 8; N & S Atlantic, down 8; S Central, up 6; and West, unchanged.           
                                                                                
                                                                                
                    Poults Placed During August Up 1 Percent                    
                                                                                
The 26.6 million poults placed during August 1995 in the United States were up  
1 percent from the placements during the same month a year ago.  Placements were
down 9 percent from the revised July 1995 total of 29.1 million.  The cumulative
total for the September 1994 through August 1995 period, at 321 million poults, 
was up 3 percent from the same period the previous year.  Regional percent      
changes from the previous year were:  E N Central, up 9; W N Central, unchanged;
N & S Atlantic, down 2; S Central, up 12; and West, down 7.                     
                                                                                
                                                                                
Pou 3 (9-95)                                                                    
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000150060914951500Turkey Hatchery 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     26,906     95       198,378     206,156         104      
May     :   29,360     29,460    100       227,738     235,616         103      
Jun     :   28,704     29,916    104       256,442     265,532         104      
Jul     :   28,244     29,079    103       284,686     294,611         103      
Aug     :   26,331     26,563    101       311,017     321,174         103      
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1/  1994 data include revisions published in "Hatchery Production 1994 Summary".
2/  Excludes exported poults.                                                   
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000150060914951500Eggs in Incubators                                     
                                                                                
                  Eggs in Incubators:  First of Month by Region                 
               and United States, September 1995 with Comparisons               
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               :          :          :          :  Percent of  :   Percent of   
   Geographic  :   Sep 1  :   Aug 1  :   Sep 1  :   Previous   :    Previous    
    Division   :   1994   :   1995   :   1995   :     Year     :      Month     
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               :     -------- 1,000 -------             ---- Percent ----       
               :                                                                
E N Central    :   3,925      4,844      4,256          108             88      
W N Central    :   9,322     10,052      8,574           92             85      
N & S Atlantic :  12,021     12,932     11,038           92             85      
S Central      :   3,205     *3,701      3,410          106             92      
West           :   3,027      3,977      3,037          100             76      
               :                                                                
US             :  31,500    *35,506     30,315           96             85      
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                    Poult Placements:  Entire Month by Region                   
               and United States, August 1995 with Comparisons 1/               
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               :          :          :          :  Percent of :   Percent of    
  Geographic   :   Aug    :   Jul    :   Aug    :   Previous  :    Previous     
   Division    :   1994   :   1995   :   1995   :     Year    :      Month      
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               :     -------- 1,000 -------             ---- Percent ----       
               :                                                                
E N Central    :   3,234      3,994      3,541         109            89        
W N Central    :   7,589      8,101      7,566         100            93        
N & S Atlantic :   9,646     10,105      9,470          98            94        
S Central      :   2,734     *3,111      3,073         112            99        
West           :   3,128      3,768      2,913          93            77        
               :                                                                
US             :  26,331    *29,079     26,563         101            91        
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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.      
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                            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              
October 13, 1995.                                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
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