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ISSN: 1949-1840

Released November 5, 2014, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA).

Broiler-Type Eggs Set in the United States Up 2 Percent

Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 201 million eggs in
incubators during the week ending November 1, 2014, up 2 percent from a year
ago. Hatcheries in the 19 State weekly program set 195 million eggs in
incubators during the week ending November 1, 2014, up 2 percent from the
year earlier. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the
United States was 83 percent. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing
chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier.

Broiler-Type Chicks Placed in the United States Up 4 Percent

Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 169 million
chicks for meat production during the week ending November 1, 2014, up 4
percent from a year ago. Broiler growers in the 19 State weekly program
placed
163 million chicks for meat production during the week ending November 1,
2014, up 4 percent from the year earlier. Cumulative placements from
December 29, 2013 through November 1, 2014 for the United States were 7.56
billion.
Cumulative placements were up slightly from the same period a year earlier.

Broiler-Type Eggs Set – 19 Selected States and United States: 2014
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:                                    Week
ending
State
:—————————–———————————————-
——–
:September 27,: October 4,  : October 11, :
October 18, : October 25, : November 1,
:    2014     :    2014     :    2014     :
2014     :    2014     :    2014
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:                                    1,000
eggs
:

Alabama ………………….:    27,904        26,428        27,410
27,448        26,945        26,345
Arkansas …………………:    21,484        21,478        21,754
20,451        20,742        21,517
Delaware …………………:     4,531         4,565         4,747
4,749         4,746         4,748
Florida ………………….:     1,225         1,222         1,222
916         1,224         1,225
Georgia ………………….:    33,608        33,556        33,500
33,251        33,212        31,800
Kentucky …………………:     7,943         7,746         7,517
7,595         7,580         6,962
Louisiana ………………..:     3,605         3,252         3,497
3,456         3,252         3,527
Maryland …………………:     7,738         7,315         7,327
7,126         7,775         7,566
Mississippi ………………:    17,369        15,633        16,767
17,459        17,538        16,234
Missouri …………………:     8,181         7,668         8,301
8,072         7,745         7,077
:

North Carolina ……………:    20,516        19,787        19,607
19,017        20,981        20,753
Oklahoma …………………:     6,617         6,524         6,660
5,709         5,983         6,632
Pennsylvania ……………..:     3,869         4,346         4,284
4,389         3,723         4,147
South Carolina ……………:     5,217         5,196         4,940
5,074         5,309         5,287
Texas ……………………:    14,003        13,194        13,976
14,163        14,338        14,071
Virginia …………………:     6,562         6,058         6,355
6,578         6,760         6,228
California, Tennessee,        :

and West Virginia ………..:    10,647        10,715        11,048
10,063        10,016        10,381
:

19 State total ……………:   201,019       194,683       198,912
195,516       197,869       194,500
Percent of previous year …..:       102           105           104
104           101           102
:

Other States ……………..:     7,450         7,624         7,584
7,452         7,091         6,925
:

United States …………….:   208,469       202,307       206,496
202,968       204,960       201,425
Percent of previous year …..:       102           105           104
104           101           102
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Broiler-Type Chicks Placed – 19 Selected States and United States: 2014
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:                                    Week
ending
State
:—————————–———————————————-
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:September 27,: October 4,  : October 11, :
October 18, : October 25, : November 1,
:    2014     :    2014     :    2014     :
2014     :    2014     :    2014
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:                                   1,000
chicks
:

Alabama ………………….:    21,343        22,640        21,714
22,166        20,559        21,237
Arkansas …………………:    20,489        19,692        18,862
18,762        19,165        18,537
Delaware …………………:     4,487         4,786         5,011
5,338         5,185         4,951
Florida ………………….:     1,178         1,364         1,185
1,258         1,272         1,332
Georgia ………………….:    26,807        26,469        25,920
26,726        25,797        26,587
Kentucky …………………:     6,029         6,243         6,179
6,361         5,899         6,249
Louisiana ………………..:     3,218         3,213         3,197
3,209         2,747         3,081
Maryland …………………:     6,656         5,220         5,432
5,784         5,566         6,042
Mississippi ………………:    14,068        14,489        14,196
14,520        13,020        13,922
Missouri …………………:     5,631         6,032         5,649
5,669         5,604         6,021
:

North Carolina ……………:    15,495        14,378        15,706
15,966        15,294        15,034
Oklahoma …………………:     4,292         4,203         4,123
5,337         4,111         5,373
Pennsylvania ……………..:     3,587         3,541         3,572
3,107         3,508         3,513
South Carolina ……………:     5,261         4,799         5,318
4,545         5,107         4,489
Texas ……………………:    10,968        11,628        11,546
11,349        10,660        11,216
Virginia …………………:     4,985         5,218         5,802
5,758         5,411         5,179
California, Tennessee,        :

and West Virginia ………..:    10,396        10,180         9,989
9,622        10,351        10,196
:

19 State total ……………:   164,890       164,095       163,401
165,477       159,256       162,959
Percent of previous year …..:       102           103           104
102           104           104
:

Other States ……………..:     5,680         5,652         5,790
5,591         5,548         5,735
:

United States …………….:   170,570       169,747       169,191
171,068       164,804       168,694
Percent of previous year …..:       102           103           104
102           104           104
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Statistical Methodology

Survey Procedures: Data for broiler hatchery estimates are collected weekly
from all broiler-type hatcheries that hatch at least one million chicks a
year. Individual NASS field offices maintain a list of all known hatcheries
and update their lists on a continual basis. All hatcheries that meet the
minimum size criteria are given adequate time to respond to the weekly
survey. Those that do not respond are contacted by telephone.

Estimating Procedures: All data are analyzed for unusual values. Data from
each operation are compared to their own past operating profile and to
trends from similar operations. Data for missing operations are estimated
based on similar operations or historical data. NASS field offices prepare
these estimates by using a combination of survey indications and historic
trends.
Individual State estimates are reviewed by the Agricultural Statistics Board
for reasonableness. Individual hatchery data are summed to State, 19 State
total, Other States, and the United States.

Revision Policy: Revisions are generally the result of late or corrected
data. Revisions made to the previous five-week’s data during the current
week are published in this report. Final estimates are published in the
annual Hatchery Production Summary released in April.

Reliability: Estimates are subject to errors such as omission, duplication,
and mistakes in reporting, recording, and processing the data. While these
errors cannot be measured directly, they are minimized through strict
quality controls in the data collection process and a careful review of all
reported data for consistency and reasonableness.

Kansas Profile – Now That’s Rural – Tom Miller – Ag Pilot

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K-State Research and Extension, Candice Shoemaker

By Ron Wilson, director of the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development at Kansas State University.

“Have a SAFE flight!” That’s the type of sentiment which we might express to a loved one as they depart on an airplane. In this case, the term SAFE also applies to a program which encouraged safety and precision in the work of agricultural pilots. Today we’ll meet a farmer and agricultural pilot who has been a leader in this initiative in Kansas.

 

Tom Miller is a farmer and ag pilot in southwest Kansas. “I grew up on the farm where we live now,” Tom said. His father was also a farmer who flew as a hobby. “My dad was a weekend pilot,” Tom said. He caught the flying bug from his dad.

 

They bought an old airplane and rebuilt it, and Tom learned to fly. “My dad gave me three hours of flight instruction when I was 10 or 11, long before I could fly by myself,” Tom said. “My dad was going to sell the old plane but I talked him into keeping it if I would pay for the maintenance.”

 

In those days, the local school district had a policy (since discontinued) that students who turned 16 years old could get a job driving the school bus. “I was the one who lived the furthest out, so I would drive the bus home from school and drop off the other kids on the way. Then I picked `em up on the way back in in the morning.” He used his earnings to pay for the costs of the plane.

 

He wanted to get into the crop dusting business. After college, he did some charter flying, worked for a neighboring farmer, and ultimately went into farming himself. A classmate of his had a business called Ingalls Aerial Sprayers Inc. When the classmate died in an accident while spraying, Tom and a partner bought the business. It is based at the Ingalls airport.

 

Ingalls Aerial Spraying provides aerial seeding and spraying for weed and pest control in agricultural crops. It serves Gray County and the southwest Kansas region.

 

Tom got involved in his professional organization, the Kansas Agricultural Aviation Association.  One of the organization’s projects was a program called Operation SAFE.

 

“This was a joint project with K-State and KAAA,” Tom said. “Dennis Kuhlman was an extension specialist and he had an educational program for ag pilots.” Tom got involved in implementing the SAFE program.

 

SAFE was an acronym for Self-regulating Application and Flight Efficiency. It was a program used by ag pilots to avoid drift of aerially-applied products.

 

“We did pattern testing,” Tom said. “We would put fluorescent dye into the spray equipment and fly into the wind.” A computer program would read the fluorescent effervescence and determine the variability of the spray pattern.

 

“We could see if a plane was putting out too much product or not enough,” Tom said. This enabled ag pilots to adjust their equipment to assure that they were applying just the right amount of product to the precise place that it was needed.

 

Tom served as SAFE chairman for the Kansas Agricultural Aviation Association for some 20 years. For many years, he hosted the annual testing at his home airport at Ingalls. Ingalls made an ideal location because it was in a rural area, far from any urban congestion. After all, Ingalls is a community of 331 people. Now, that’s rural.

 

Tom is farming full time now. He still flies, although he leaves the day-to-day ag applications to another pilot. He and his wife Margaret have three children: Ryan, who attended K-State-Salina; Emily, who is studying to be a dental hygienist; and Kyle, who is a student at K-State-Manhattan.

 

For more information, go to www.ingallsaerialsprayers.com.

 

“Have a SAFE flight!” That expression isn’t just for loved ones who are catching a plane. It also applies to this program which helps to enhance and improve the work of agricultural pilots. We salute Tom Miller, Dennis Kuhlman, and all those involved in Operation SAFE and the Kansas Agricultural Aviation Association for making a difference through this initiative. Now it’s time for me to come in for a landing.

York repeats first team honors, Lady Cougar Soccer places six on All-Conference Team

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The Barton Community College women’s soccer team had six players recently selected to the 2013 Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference All-Conference team. Headlining the group was two-time first team selection sophomore defenseman Millie York and freshman midfielder Maria Rodriguez.  An honorable mention selection in her first season, sophomore defenseman Ronnie Johnson was joined on the second team by a pair of freshman, forward Edith Scarlett Real and Maria Munoz.  Aliya Marshall rounded out the six selections as the sophomore forward earned honorable mention honors.

Winning their Region VI first round playoff game in the eighth round of penalty kicks at Allen County Community College, Barton advances to the semifinals to take on top seeded and No. 9 ranked Hutchinson Community College.  The 14-1-1 Blue Dragons came from behind at Cougar Field back in September to escape Barton’s upset bid winning 2-1 in overtime.  The teams will square off Thursday at Topeka’s Hummer Park at 4:00 p.m. with the winner advancing to Friday’s noon Region VI Championship game.

See the complete list of KJCCC Women’s Soccer All-Conference Team

Upcoming agriculture events

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MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State Research and Extension is offering these events, available to all interested persons. For more information about these, as well as more localized events, check with your local K-State Research and Extension office.
Nov. 5-6 – Kansas Income Tax Institute – Colby – 785-532-1504 or [email protected]
Nov. 6 – Free Lunch #2 – Heterosis – Salina – RSVP to [email protected] or 785-392-2147
Nov. 6-7 – Kansas Income Tax Institute – Hays – 785-532-1504 or [email protected]
Nov. 11 – Crop Insurance Workshop – Brush, Colo. – 785-532-1504 or [email protected]
Nov. 12 – Free Lunch #3 – Implants – Delphos – [email protected] or 785-392-2147
Nov. 12 – Crop Insurance Workshop – Grand Island, Neb. – 785-532-1504 or [email protected]
Nov. 13 – Crop Insurance Workshop – Salina – 785-532-1504 or [email protected]
Nov. 14 – Spring-Calving Bred Heifer Sale – Parsons – 620-421-4826 ext. 17 – [email protected] or www.sunflowersupreme.org
Nov. 14 – Crop Insurance Workshop – Enid, Okla. – 785-532-1504 or [email protected]
Nov. 18 – Beef Steaks and Tips – Garden City – 620-272-3670 or [email protected]
Nov. 18-19 – MAST: Management Analysis & Strategic Thinking – Manhattan – 785-532-1504 or [email protected]
Nov. 20 – Free Lunch #4 – Protein Supplementation – Salina – [email protected] or 785-392-2147
Nov. 21 – Pie & Coffee Series on Beef Cattle (Every 3rd Friday of the month through Feb.) – Fort Scott – 620-223-3720
Nov. 24-25 – Kansas Income Tax Institute – Kansas City – 785-532-1504 or [email protected]
Dec. 1-2 – Kansas Income Tax Institute – Wichita – 785-532-1504 or [email protected]
Dec. 2-3 – Kansas Income Tax Institute – Salina – 785-532-1504 or [email protected]
Dec. 3-4 – Kansas Income Tax Institute – Topeka – 785-532-1504 or [email protected]
Dec. 10 – Emergency Preparedness for Livestock Operations – Salina – [email protected] or http://www.agmanager.info/events/Other/Livestock_Emergency.pdf
Dec. 11 – Emergency Preparedness for Livestock Operations – Dighton – [email protected] or http://www.agmanager.info/events/Other/Livestock_Emergency.pdf
Dec. 10-11 – Kansas Income Tax Institute – Pittsburg – 785-532-1504 or [email protected]
Dec. 11 – Ag Lease Meeting – Garden City – 620-272-3670 or [email protected]
Jan. 5 – Planning for Farm & Ranch Succession – Iola – http://www.ksre.ksu.edu/kams
Jan. 10 – Planning for Farm & Ranch Succession – Pratt – http://www.ksre.ksu.edu/kams
Jan. 12 – 2014 Farm Bill: Making the Decision – Wichita – 316-660-0100 or [email protected]
Jan. 13 – 2014 Farm Bill: Making the Decision – Pittsburg – 620-724-8233 or [email protected]
Jan. 14 – 2014 Farm Bill: Making the Decision – Emporia – 620-341-3220 or [email protected]
Jan. 15 – 2014 Farm Bill: Making the Decision – Ottawa – 785-229-3520 or [email protected]
Jan. 16 – Farm to School Workshop – Hutchinson – [email protected] or http://www.farmtoschool.org/
Jan. 16 – Planning for Farm & Ranch Succession – Manhattan – http://www.ksre.ksu.edu
Jan. 17 – Planning for Farm & Ranch Succession – Emporia – http://www.ksre.ksu.edu
Jan. 20 – 2014 Farm Bill: Making the Decision – Salina – 785-309-5850 or [email protected]
Jan. 21 – Predator Calling and Trapping Seminar – Erie – 620-224-38826
Jan. 21 – 2014 Farm Bill: Making the Decision – McPherson – 620-241-1523 or [email protected]
Jan. 22 – 2014 Farm Bill: Making the Decision – Pratt – 620-672-6121 or [email protected]
Jan. 23 – Farm to School Workshop – Manhattan – [email protected] or http://www.farmtoschool.org/
Jan. 26 – 2014 Farm Bill: Making the Decision – Goodland – 785-890-4880 or [email protected]
Jan. 26 – Succession Planning – Garden City – 620-272-3670 or [email protected]
Jan. 26 – Hiring and Motivating Employees – Garden City – 620-272-3670 or [email protected]
Jan. 27 – 2014 Farm Bill: Making the Decision – Scott City – 620-872-2930 or [email protected]

Jan. 28 – 2014 Farm Bill: Making the Decision – Liberal – 620-624-5604 or [email protected]

Jan. 29 – 2014 Farm Bill: Making the Decision – Dodge City – 620-227-4542 or [email protected]

Feb. 3 – Alternative & High Value Crops for SW Kansas – Garden City – 620-272-3670 or [email protected]

Feb. 5 – Planning for the Future: Who Gets the Farm? – Garden City – 620-272-3670 or [email protected]

Feb. 6 – Farm to School Workshop – Oakley – [email protected] or http://www.farmtoschool.org/

Feb. 10 – 2014 Farm Bill: Making the Decision – Phillipsburg – 785-543-6845 or [email protected]

Feb. 11 – 2014 Farm Bill: Making the Decision – Hays – 785-628-9430 or [email protected]

Feb. 12 – 2014 Farm Bill: Making the Decision – Marysville – 785-562-3531 or [email protected]

Feb. 13 – 2014 Farm Bill: Making the Decision – Atchison – 913-833-5450 or [email protected]

Feb. 17-18 – MAST: Management Analysis & Strategic Thinking – Manhattan – 785-532-1504 or [email protected]

Feb. 20 – Farm to School Workshop – Girard – [email protected] or http://www.farmtoschool.org/
Feb. 20 – March 7 – MAB International Agribusiness Tour of Brazil & Argentina – 785-532-4435 or http://www.mab.ksu.edu/Alumni/SAmerica15.html or [email protected]

March 3 – Planning for Farm & Ranch Succession – Hays – http://www.ksre.ksu.edu/kams

Upcoming K-State Research and Extension – family and youth events

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MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State Research and Extension is offering these events, available to all interested persons. For more information about these, as well as more localized events, check with your local K-State Research and Extension office.

Family and Youth Events

Jan. 16 – Farm to School Workshop – Hutchinson – [email protected] or http://www.farmtoschool.org/

Jan. 23 – Farm to School Workshop – Manhattan – [email protected] or http://www.farmtoschool.org/

Feb. 6 – Farm to School Workshop – Oakley – [email protected] or http://www.farmtoschool.org/

Feb. 20 – Farm to School Workshop – Girard – [email protected] or http://www.farmtoschool.org/

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