Across Michigan, turkey farmers are competing with imported birds once more this Thanksgiving.
Many Michiganders are plucking a frozen hen out of the show at their native supermarkets this yr. But small-town turkey farmers across the state are hopeful that extra households will go for a recent hen this week that’s by no means seen a freezer.
Bridge Michigan reports that many of the frozen birds within the grocery store come from Minnesota, and Michigan’s wild turkey inhabitants has been a conservation success story.
Michigan Allied Poultry Industries says consumption of home turkeys has elevated over 104% since 1970, and the state produces a mean of 5.3 million turkeys per yr.