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Two hundred seventy million turkeys will be raised in 2003.
– Four companies control 42 percent of all turkey production.
– Cargill is the top turkey producer with 1,210 million pounds per year.
– Average retail price of a whole frozen turkey in 2002 was $1.05 per pound.
(Sources: National Turkey Federation’s Web site www.eatturkey.com and the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy’s Web site at www.albc-usa.org)
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Edited by Cara DiPasquale (cdipasquale@tribune.com) and Victoria Rodriguez (vrodriguez@tribune.com)
