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Available reporting shows conflicting measures: retail surveys and the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) say retail turkey prices in 2025 are lower than in 2024 — a 16% drop for a 16‑pound bird t...
Retail Thanksgiving costs overall are slightly lower in 2025 than in 2024 — the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) reports the classic 10‑person meal averaged $55.18, down about 5% from 2024 . How...
The available reporting does not provide clear evidence that President Trump’s tariff policy "bankrupted more farmers in the first quarter of this year than all of last year"; instead multiple outlets...
The Trump administration provided large, direct financial assistance to farmers hurt by tariff retaliation, totaling tens of billions through multiple rounds of USDA programs, but evidence shows those...
Retail turkey costs are contested in recent coverage: wholesale turkey prices are widely reported as substantially higher year‑over‑year (estimates range from about $1.32 to roughly $2.00 per pound an...
Reports are mixed: some measures find Thanksgiving meal costs down slightly (roughly 2–3%) versus last year while other data and item-specific reports show big price jumps — especially for turkey, whi...
U.S. customs duty (tariff) receipts for fiscal year 2019 totaled roughly , depending on the data series and exact definition used; when combined with other customs collections (fees, taxes on imports)...
Beef inflation in 2024–25 was driven primarily by a historically small U.S. cattle herd — inventories fell to multidecade lows (about 86–87 million head by early 2025), which pushed farm-level cattle ...
Wholesale turkey supplies tightened in 2025 largely because of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks and smaller flock sizes, driving wholesale prices up roughly 40–80% year‑over‑year in ...
Retailers are advertising and running deeper turkey discounts in 2025 than in 2024, and multiple industry trackers report the overall cost of a classic Thanksgiving meal fell about 5% year‑over‑year l...
The USDA is not the primary originator of the commonly cited “average Thanksgiving dinner” figure; that number comes from the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual supermarket survey, which reports...
Customs duties (tariffs and related import fees) rose sharply after 2018 and totaled roughly $80 billion in 2023, with customs receipts reaching $77.0 billion in FY2024 according to national compilati...
The CR amendments proposed a mix of targeted policy changes and broad funding extensions: Senate proposals included debt-limit and billionaire tax provisions, while House and omnibus drafts focused on...
The analyses collectively show , with some datasets and retailers reporting year‑over‑year declines while survey-based and government measures show pockets of higher costs relative to one or five year...
The 2024 “Thanksgiving dinner” cost figures widely reported trace to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 39th annual survey, not a USDA‑issued price report; the survey finds a classic 10‑person meal...
The One Big Beautiful Bill (often stylized “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”) is publicly championed by top House Republican leaders and aligned conservative lawmakers, with explicit endorsements from Pres...
The available reporting shows that as of the published updates on October 27–29, 2025, that would restore funding for SNAP and other federal programs; the CR remains unresolved amid a continuing gover...
JD Vance presents a mixed record on the government's role in rural economic development, combining with selective support for targeted federal investments such as rural health funding. Coverage and co...