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"What are the key messages you would want a non-agriculture person to know about turkey production?" One of the main messages I would want any person to know is that not all farmers treat their animals inhumanly. In fact, I would say they are better off in good farms rather than in the wild. In Minnesota the temperatures drop to below zero and rise to above 100 degrees. When the turkeys are in the barns they have temperatures suitable to their needs. When they get sick we give them medication. Every day and night we feed them. When you work with animals you have to go around their schedule. Many times the turkeys would eat before we did. When old turkeys leave we have to clean the barns and make sure it is suitable for when the new
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