WeIf the average family is finding it tougher to cover the costs of the turkey and all the fixings this Thanksgiving, imagine trying to round up 15,000 of the birds.
Inflation and a widespreadthat has swept through the country’s turkey farms have combined to make it tougher and more expensive to find the kind of turkey shoppers are looking for this Thanksgiving.
Turkeys cost about $1.15 per pound in 2021, said Dawn Thilmany, a professor of agricultural economics at Colorado State University. The price is around $2 a pound this year. “The good news is we tend to be a little wasteful around Thanksgiving. We overmake a bird, throw some of it out,” Thilmany said. “I think you’re going to see people be a little more careful about estimating the right amount of bird they need.”“Turkey has never been the biggest part of what you put on the table.
“Now, eggs might be one of the most inflated food products,” Thilmany said. “That might be a shock to some consumers.”meaning that laying hens are not supposed to be kept in small, cramped cages. A mandate takes effect in Colorado Jan. 1, but the requirements will be phased in over two years to give farmers time to make changes.more than double the price from the prior year.
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