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Approximately how many turkeys are eaten each year on Thanksgiving in the United States?
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46 million
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∙ 14y agoIn 2008, poultry producers in the US raised more than 273 million turkeys1. Assuming that exports comprised about 10 percent of total turkey production2, that would leave 245.7 million birds for consumption in the United States.
1. National Agricultural Statistics Service.
2. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-186950887.html
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