The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s most recent data show an “alarming” low level of turkeys in cold storage, according to investment banker Walter Kunisch, who tracks the market for HTS Commodities. “With the spike in turkey prices we believe that a decline in consumption during the holidays can occur,” Kunisch, a former economist for the USDA who has worked at top meat processors Cargill and Tyson Foods, told Forbes. “That disease has really wreaked havoc on turkey supplies.”

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