Did you know in 2020 American farmers raised 224 million turkeys and produced 7.3 billion pounds of ready-to-cook turkey? Last year, total turkey production was worth an estimated $5.1 billion.

Minnesota was the leading producer of Turkeys with 40 million Turkeys flowing by Indiana.

Iowa ranks seventh in U.S. turkey production, producing more than 12 million turkeys annually, and fifth in turkey processing. The state has two turkey processing plants: Tyson Foods in Storm Lake and West Liberty Foods in West Liberty, which combined produce more than 13 million turkeys annually.

The United States is the leading producer of Turkey’s.