Pa. Broiler
Placements
Rise 9 pet.
Placements of broiler
chicks in the Commonwealth
during the week ending April
23, 1975 were 1,546,000. The
placements were 9 percent
above the corresponding
week a year earlier, and 32
percent above the previous
week. Average placements
during the past 10 weeks
were 3 percent above a year
earlier.
Settings for broiler chicks
were 2,142,000 - 16 percent
above the previous week and
approximately the same as
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the comparable period a
year earlier. The current 3-
week total of eggs set Is l
percent above the same
period a year ago.
Inshipments of broiler
type chicks during the past
10 weeks averaged zero
compared with 3,000 a year
ago. Outahlpments averaged
254,000 during the past 10
weeks, IS percent above a
year earlier.
Placements in the 21
States were 60,763,000 - 2
percent above the previous
week and 4 percent below the
same week a year earlier.
Average placements during
the past 10 weeks were 6
percent below a year ago.
Settings were 71,398,000 - 2
percent below the previous
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week and 7 percent below a
year earlier. The current 3-
week total of eggs set is 6
percent below the com
parable period a year ago.
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Estimates of acreages
planted by farmers for most
crops and the resulting acres
for harvest in 1975 will be
released in late June rather
than July as in previous
years, the U.S. Department
of Agriculture’s Statistical
Reporting Service (SRS)
announced this week.
SRS stated the change is
being made to provide
agricultural data users with
acreage information sooner
than in the past to aid them
with marketing, policy,
program, and other
decisions associated with the
current marketing season.
The planted acreage and
acres for harvest estimates
to be released at 3.00 p.m.,
EDT, June 30, will be based
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