Budget Busting Bird

By Econ70 | 11/27/2013

While the cost of Thanksgiving dinner has increased by 12.81% since 2010, excluding the turkey the cost has risen by just 5.7% because the cost of the bird alone has risen by 23% and it represents almost half of the cost of Thanksgiving dinner. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving, hopefully graced by the presence of the…

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Happy Thanksgiving

By Econ70 | 11/23/2011

The annual US turkey crop of 248 million birds (7.1 billion pounds, or 23 pounds/person) is worth $4.4 billion. MN produces the most birds followed by NC, AR, and MI. The US produces about 750 million pounds (2.5 pounds/person) of cranberries; more than half come from WI. Lastly, the pumpkin crop is worth $117 million.…

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