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Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 230 million eggs in incubators during the week ending June 30, 2018.
This is up 3 percent from the eggs set the corresponding week a year earlier. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during
the week in the United States was 83 percent. Broiler growers in the United States placed 187 million chicks for meat
production, up 2 percent from the comparable week a year earlier.
United States ...... 231,000 233,100 231,209 229,702 230,643 229,998 103
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Broiler Hatchery, July 5, 2018.
For additional information, the full report can be viewed at http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/MannUsda/viewDocumentInfo.do?documentID=1010
United States ...... 185,408 185,415 187,619 186,875 189,011 187,406 102
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Broiler Hatchery, July 5, 2018.
For additional information, the full report can be viewed at http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/MannUsda/viewDocumentInfo.do?documentID=1010