FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Since 2019, wholesale turkey prices have gone up and down. But this year, those numbers have jumped exponentially due to the highly pathogenic avian influenza.

“So when we see those big disruptions, we lose those birds, there’s less birds entering the meat case, and the demand is still going to be strong for it. So that just means the prices are going to go up,” said Dr. Jake Galbreath, Extension Veterinarian and Livestock Stewardship Specialist at NDSU.

Since the start of the bird migration season, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has reported over ten outbreaks of bird flu in both North Dakota and South Dakota. Four more cases were reported this month, impacting a combined 202,000 birds.

“So we see these outbreaks in commercial poultry operations, we see a lot o

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