By Ron Kardel
National Turkey Federation
Special to Poultry Times
WASHINGTON — I’m an optimistic kind of guy. After all, most farmers are optimists by nature. Why else would we plant a seed in April and expect a crop in October? Or place 9,000 poults and make plans to deliver a flock of healthy turkeys 20 weeks later?
So, keeping with that trend, I started the year off optimistic about 2020. In February, I was installed as the chairman of the National Turkey Federation (NTF), and what I knew would be an exciting year was underway. But I never. . .