ANALYSIS: Turkey Consumption Falls as Production Drops Even Faster Amid Supply Constraints
According to the USDA, US per capita consumption of turkey meat for 2025 has a projected figure of 13 lbs., down 17.2% from 2020. Yet the projected percentage of turkey meat used in the US compared to ready-to-cook (RTC) production is 94.1%, up 3.5 percentage points from 2020. This suggests that while American consumers are lowering the amount of turkey they consume in line with the extremely limited supplies, these two metrics are not decreasing at the same rate, with turkey production falling more rapidly than per capita consumption...
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