The Farm Bureau finds the cost of the Thanksgiving dinner has dropped again this year, but is still impacted by inflation and the pandemic. Iowa Farm Bureau’s economics and research manager Christopher Pudenz says the overall cost is down considerably.
The turkey accounts for 44 percent of the costs of the 11 items, and the 16-pound bird this year dropped in cost by six percent.
He says the cost of the Thanksgiving meal is still well above the pre-pandemic level.
He says one thing to note is farmers are not seeing much of the increased cost of feed.
The increase in costs came after the food left the farm.
The other food items in the survey were frozen pie crusts, pumpkin pie mix, whipping cream, dinner rolls, fresh cranberries, whole milk, frozen peas, sweet potatoes, and stuffing.
