ANALYSIS: Q4 Turkey Eggs in Incubators Fall to Record Low of 74 Million
Turkey production potential heading into 2026 remains positioned at an all-time low. The number of eggs in incubators during Q4 of 2025 has equaled approximately 74.0 million, 0.6% lower than that of 2024 which held the previous record low. This is 5.6% lower than the 5-year average during Q4. The production of hatching eggs is limited by the number of breeder turkeys, large numbers of which have been lost to HPAI. In Q4 alone, 110,500 breeder hens were destroyed due...
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