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Nov. 4, 2021Jefferson City, Mo. |  By: Jacob Coffman

MDC releases turkey production numbers

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The Missouri Department of Conservation has released data from an annual survey of turkey production, which showed slight improvement.

This comes after the MDC launched a new project last year to investigate factors that affect turkey production.

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Biologist Reina Tyl says that with more data from the project, the MDC hopes to mitigate factors that are detrimental to turkey production.

This year's survey showed a statewide poultry-to-hen ratio (or PHR) of 1.0, up from the five year average of 0.9.

The Northwest region's PHR was 1.3, up from its five year average of 1.2. The poultry-to-hen ratio gives a measure of turkey nesting success and poultry survival.

Detailed reports from this year's survey as well as previous years are available at mdc.mo.gov.