WASHINGTON — As we seek to discern what the future holds for the turkey industry, there are only two safe bets. The first is that some issues that feel as though they have been around for decades (and maybe they have) will continue to present challenges. The other is that there will be at least one major surprise that was very difficult to predict. With those caveats, here are some of the challenges the industry is likely to be facing in 2024.
To a certain extent, our first issue — highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) — falls into both categories.
When the initial. . .