Max Armstrong reports on a recent reconnaissance mission to the local grocery store where he checked out the turkey inventory. Max notes that the turkey shopping season is being impacted by the high pathological avian influenza outbreak which has caused the loss of more than 7.5 million turkeys. This loss comes at the same time that the population was already declining. Max reports on the factors impacting the industry.

Max Armstrong's Farm Progress America is a daily look at key issues in agriculture. It is produced and presented by Max Armstrong, veteran farm broadcaster and host of This Week in Agribusiness.

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