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The Narragansett turkey is a breed of Meleagris gallopavo which descends from a cross between the eastern wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) and the domestic turkey. According to the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy, the Narragansett turkey is a "historic variety, unique to North America" and is named for Narragansett Bay. [1]
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A wedding gift of nine turkey eggs was the start of the operation. [5] The farm is on approximately 900 acres (360 ha) of land and raises free-range turkeys (about 60,000 in 2008) under pecan trees on about 30 of those acres. [6] The farm purchases poults (baby turkeys) from a hatchery in Oakwood, Ohio.
heritage turkey Alternatively called Spanish Black or Norfolk Black or American Black. Bourbon Red: 1909 heritage turkey Bronze: 1874 heritage turkey The Broad Breasted Bronze, like the Broad Breasted White, are nonstandardized commercial strains that do not qualify as a variety. Narragansett: 1874 heritage turkey Royal Palm: 1977 heritage turkey
The Beltsville Small White is a modern American breed of domestic turkey. [1] [2] [5] It was developed from 1934 at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center of the United States Department of Agriculture in Beltsville, Maryland, [6] and was named for that town and for its physical characteristics — small size and white plumage. [7]
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 ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata) is a species of turkey residing primarily in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, as well as in parts of Belize and Guatemala. [1] A relative of the North American wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), it was sometimes previously considered in a genus of its own (Agriocharis), but the differences between the two turkeys are currently considered too small to ...