The average American turkey just keeps getting bigger

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The average American turkey just keeps getting biggerAmericans’ love of turkey is driving producers to make the bird larger than nature intended. The average weight of a turkey before it’s slaughtered has more than doubled since 1930, to more than 30 lbs. Turkeys wouldn’t have gotten this large without humans. We wanted bigger birds, and science provided a way: artificial insemination. Larger…


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