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AGRICULTURE REPORT - Turkey Production Costs Are Up; Not Good News at Thanksgiving
By Jerilyn Watson / Broadcast: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:00:00 UTC
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.


This Thursday is Thanksgiving, the most popular holiday for Americans to eat turkey. But people may have to pay a little more for their holiday bird this year. How much more will depend on competition between stores.


Production costs are up. Turkeys are fed mainly corn and soybean meal. Corn was an average of two dollars a bushel last year. This year it was three dollars, and prices topped four dollars at times. Not only that, soybean production is down from last year's record high.


Many farmers are growing corn to make fuel. The Department of Agriculture says one-fourth of the record corn crop expected this year could become ethanol. Also, higher oil prices mean higher transportation costs -- another reason for costlier 1 corn.


Rising food prices might be one thing on the minds of Thanksgiving Day meal planners this year. But some things never change.


A turkey can be a little tricky 2 to cook. The breast meat cooks faster than the leg meat, so it can get dried out. Countless 3 turkey suggestions are on the Internet. We found a recipe called The World's Best Turkey. It calls for butter, two apples, a tablespoon of garlic powder, and salt and pepper to taste.


Oh, and it also calls for two-thirds of a seven hundred fifty milliliter bottle of Champagne 4. For the turkey. The Champagne is poured over the inside and outside of the bird in a roasting bag.


However the turkey is cooked, someone has to cut it. Advice about carving 5 turkeys like a professional is also available online. The University of Illinois Extension service, for example, suggests practicing on a chicken during the off-season.


For people who do not eat meat, there are products like Tofurky made of tofu, which comes from soybeans.


Turkey producers in the United States are expected to raise two hundred seventy-two million birds this year. That estimate is four percent higher than last year. Two-thirds of the turkeys are expected to come from Minnesota, North Carolina, Arkansas, Virginia, Missouri and California.


The Census 6 Bureau says the United States imported ten million dollars worth of live turkeys during the first half of the year. Almost all came from Canada. During that period the United States had a five million dollar trade deficit 7 in live turkeys. But it had a nine million dollar surplus 8 in cranberries 9. And it had a fifteen million dollar surplus in sweet potatoes, another popular food at Thanksgiving.


And that's the VOA Special English Agriculture Report, written by Jerilyn Watson. I'm Steve Ember.



1 costlier
adj.昂贵的( costly的比较级 );代价高的;引起困难的;造成损失的
  • Alligator skin is five times more costlier than leather. 鳄鱼皮比通常的皮革要贵5倍。 来自互联网
  • Disagreements among creditors can be costlier still. 债权人之间的分歧会加大重组的费用。 来自互联网
2 tricky
adj.狡猾的,奸诈的;(工作等)棘手的,微妙的
  • I'm in a rather tricky position.Can you help me out?我的处境很棘手,你能帮我吗?
  • He avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.他回避了这个非常微妙的问题,只做了个笼统的表述。
3 countless
adj.无数的,多得不计其数的
  • In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
  • I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。
4 champagne
n.香槟酒;微黄色
  • There were two glasses of champagne on the tray.托盘里有两杯香槟酒。
  • They sat there swilling champagne.他们坐在那里大喝香槟酒。
5 carving
n.雕刻品,雕花
  • All the furniture in the room had much carving.房间里所有的家具上都有许多雕刻。
  • He acquired the craft of wood carving in his native town.他在老家学会了木雕手艺。
6 census
n.(官方的)人口调查,人口普查
  • A census of population is taken every ten years.人口普查每10年进行一次。
  • The census is taken one time every four years in our country.我国每四年一次人口普查。
7 deficit
n.亏空,亏损;赤字,逆差
  • The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
  • We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。
8 surplus
adj.过剩的,多余的;n.过剩,剩余额
  • The manufacturers in some countries dumped their surplus commodities abroad.一些国家的制造商向国外倾销过剩产品。
  • The surplus steam was blown off through the pipes.多余的蒸气通过管道放掉了。
9 cranberries
n.越橘( cranberry的名词复数 )
  • The tart flavour of the cranberries adds piquancy. 越橘的酸味很可口。
  • Look at the fresh cranberries. 你看这些新鲜的蔓越橘。 来自无师自通 校园英语会话
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