As per google search, 46 million turkeys are eaten each Thanksgiving, 22 million on Christmas and 19 million turkeys on Easter. In 2011, 736 million pounds of turkey were consumed in the United States. Since 1970, turkey production in the United States has increased nearly 110%. I reviewed the public data provided by Economic Research Service (ERS) US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on turkey production supply and was amazed to see the rapid increase in turkey production over the last thirty years, from 3155 million pounds in 1986 to 5676 million pounds in 2016 which is almost 80%. As per ERS 242.5 million turkey birds were produced in U.S. in 2017 alone. US turkey consumption is about 16 pounds per capita each year. As of 2018,586 million pounds of turkey has been exported. The interactive chart below shows the increase in turkey supply since 1909.
https://public.tableau.com/views/TurkeySupplyinUSdeom1909-2016ForecastTill2032/TurkeySupplyUSInteractive?:embed=y&:display_count=yes&publish=yes
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