As China has rapidly shifted from a rural society to a more urban society, U.S. meat-production companies have looked to capitalize on new business opportunities. Tyson Foods Inc and Cargill, two of the largest poultry producers in the world, have already established production plants in China. Howe
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service predicts that Americans will eat more than 5 billion pounds of turkey in 2013. However, that total is tens of millions of pounds less than last year, and hundreds of millions of pounds less than just six years ago.