Beginning nearly two years ago, poultry flocks across the country have battled widespread and fatal diseases like Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) and Avian Metapneumovirus (aMPV). Turkey production in the U.S. hit record lows in 2024 and 2025 (Figure 1). Turkey production in the United States has declined nearly 28% from 2000 when production totaled nearly 270.5 million turkeys. In 2022, the same year that HPAI was most recently...