Pou 3 (3-99)

Turkey

Hatchery

National

Agricultural

Statistics

Service

USDA

Washington, D.C.

Released March 12, 1999, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of

Agriculture. For information on "Turkey Hatchery" call John Lange at (202) 720-0585, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.

Eggs in Incubators on March 1 Down Slightly From Last Year

Turkey eggs in incubators on March 1, 1999, in the United States totaled 32.7 million, down

slightly from March 1 a year ago. Eggs in incubators were up 4 percent from the February 1 total of

31.4 million. Regional changes from the previous year were: East North Central, up 8 percent;

West North Central, up 7 percent; North and South Atlantic, down 14 percent; South Central, up

4 percent; and West, up 4 percent.

Poults Placed During February Down 5 Percent

The 23.8 million poults placed during February 1999 in the United States were down 5 percent from

the placements during the same month a year ago. Placements were down 3 percent from the

January 1999 total of 24.4 million. Regional changes from the previous year were: East North

Central, down 5 percent; West North Central, up 9 percent; North and South Atlantic, down

14 percent; South Central, down 14 percent; and West, down 7 percent.
Turkey Hatchery Agricultural Statistics Board

March 1999 2 NASS, USDA

Turkey Hatchery Production: Monthly Poult Placements,

United States, 1997-99 1

Month

Total All

Breeds

Percent

of

Previous

Year

Cumulative

Total

Percent

of

Previous

Year 1997-98 1998-99 1997-98 1998-99

1,000 1,000 Percent 1,000 1,000 Percent

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

23,907

24,587

23,281

25,711

26,240

25,093

26,362

25,747

25,677

26,957

26,247

24,450

 21,124

22,750

 22,167

 24,985

24,448

23,750

88

93

95

97

93

95

23,907

48,494

71,775

97,486

123,726

148,819

175,181

200,928

226,605

253,562

279,809

304,259

21,124

43,874

66,041

91,026

115,474

139,224

88 

90 

92 

93 

93 

94 

* Revised.

1 Excludes exported poults.
Turkey Hatchery Agricultural Statistics Board

March 1999 3 NASS, USDA

Eggs in Incubators: First of Month by Region

and United States, March 1999 with Comparisons

Geographic

Division

Mar 1

1998

Feb 1

1999

Mar 1

1999

Percent of

Previous

Year

Percent of

Previous

Month

1,000 1,000 1,000 Percent Percent

E N Central

W N Central

N & S Atlantic

S Central

West

US

4,864

10,580

10,732

3,263

3,313

32,752

4,885

10,187

9,560

*3,397

*3,334

*31,363

5,261

11,367

9,243

3,403

3,452

32,726

108

107

86

104

104

100

108

112

97

100

104

104

* Revised.

Poults Placements: Entire Month by Region and United States,

February 1999 with Comparisons 1

Geographic

Division

Feb

1998

Jan

1999

Feb

1999

Percent of

Previous

Year

Percent of

Previous

Month

1,000 1,000 1,000 Percent Percent

E N Central

W N Central

N & S Atlantic

S Central

West

US

3,378

7,356

8,575

3,090

2,694

25,093

3,160

8,164

7,695

*2,826

*2,603

*24,448

3,202

7,982

7,409

2,645

2,512

23,750

95

109

86

86

93

95

101

98

96

94

97

97

* 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.

 East North Central: IL, IN, MI, OH, WI.

 West 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: AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY.
Turkey Hatchery Agricultural Statistics Board

March 1999 4 NASS, USDA

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 23 States. An attempt is made to collect hatchery

information from all known hatcheries in these 23 monthly States. Approximately 65 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 one

State which reports 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 nonreporting 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, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio,

Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West

Virginia, and Wisconsin.
The next "Turkey Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on April 15, 1999.

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