Avian influenza is not expected to disrupt Thanksgiving turkey prices and stock this year, a Texas A&M poultry scientist says.
Following a three to four month break from avian influenza, the poultry industry is experiencing again another outbreak that has swept across the U.S. beginning in early October. But this one isn’t expected to disrupt holiday turkey prices as much as last year, according to a new report from Texas A&M AgriLife.Avian influenza is not expected to disrupt Thanksgiving turkey prices and stock this year, a Texas A&M poultry scientist says.
Following a three to four month break from avian influenza, the poultry industry is experiencing again another outbreak that has swept across the U.S. beginning in early October. But this one isn’t expected to disrupt holiday turkey prices as much as last year,, just about 2.9% of the country’s annual turkey production. With the compounded effect of the avian flu, inflation and higher operating costs for farmers, consumers paid more at the grocery store. Greg Archer, a poultry specialist at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, says more than 1.4 million poultry nationwide, including 800,000 turkeys, have been lost due to the outbrea
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