on February 2, 2022
Turkey production declines for the fourth year straight
Adverse market conditions continued to depress the industry in 2021.
The U.S. turkey industry’s production slump stretched into a fourth year in 2021 as it faced abnormally high feed prices and weak demand.
According to WATT Global Media’s annual survey of U.S. poultry companies, the top U.S. turkey companies produced 6.824 billion pounds of live turkey in 2021. That’s 347…