U.S. consumers can expect to spend less on their traditional Thanksgiving and Christmas turkeys and hams this year as supplies of both have rebounded from outbreaks of avian flu and a pig virus that hit production. In 2015, an outbreak of avian flu hit poultry flocks and 7.7 million turkeys were culled. Hog farmers have revived herd sizes so successfully that the United States had a record 70.9 million head as of Sept. 1, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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Thanksgiving cheer for consumers as turkey, ham prices fall