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In 2013, the turkey products were valued at nearly $678.9 million, a 13% increase from 2012. The dominant market for U.S. turkey meat is Mexico. It has been purchasing meat valued at nearly $372.6 million and accounting for 55% of turkey exports. The second-largest market for U.S. turkey, purchasing more than $70.5 million of meat, is China.
The Louisiana Purchase (French: Vente de la Louisiane, lit. 'Sale of Louisiana') was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803. This consisted of most of the land in the Mississippi River's drainage basin west of the river. [ 1 ]
In 1941 Jerome founded the Turkey Store Company. [3] The company was privately owned by the Olson family until 1986, when it was sold to Hormel Foods, of Austin, Minnesota. In February 2001, Jennie-O Foods, Inc., and The Turkey Store Company, consolidated under Hormel to create the brand Jennie-O Turkey Store. [4]
For just under $80 and free shipping, the direct-to-consumer butcher offers a Thanksgiving Turkey Box, which includes a medium-sized 14 to 18-pound whole turkey, hatched and raised on a 5th ...
On turkey breeder farms, mother hens lay anywhere from 80-100 eggs over the course of their 25-week laying cycle, which are picked and collected all day long before being sent to the hatchery ...
Minnesota is the top turkey-producing state in the U.S., with some 600 farms producing around 46 million birds a year – the majority of which will head to dinner tables in time for Thanksgiving.
Earl B. Olson was born on a farm north of Murdock, Minnesota, the son of Olof and Anna (Anderson) Olson.Both his father and mother were immigrants from Sweden.After eight grades of school in Murdock, Olson enrolled in the West Central School of Agriculture, Morris, MN, (now the University of Minnesota Morris) graduating in 1932.