Successful turkey production depends on providing a good environment for turkeys and continuously applying good management techniques. Buildings should be designed and equipment selected with both factors in mind. Inexperienced growers should visit established, successful growers well before finalizing plans. Attention to small details can be the difference between success and failure.

Turkey Links

• Farm Flock Poultry - University of Minnesota
• Heritage Turkey - Local Harvest
• Heritage Turkey Project - Slow Foods
• Market Turkey Management: Brooding (PDF: 106 KB / 12 pages) - University of Wisconsin
• Small Turkey Flock Management - University of Minnesota
• Poultry: Turkey - Manitoba Agriculture and Food, Canada
• Turkey Brooding and Management: Giving Poults a Good Start - University of Maine

Heritage Turkeys - General info

• Heritage turkeys: a fast-growing and profitable niche for adventuresome farmers
• American Livestock Breeds Conservancy
• Resource List from American Livestock Breeds Conservancy
• Heritage Turkey Foundation
  

Heritage Turkeys - Processing and marketing

• Fact Sheet for Sale of Meat and Poultry Products to Grocery Stores and Restaurants, (PDF, 61 kb)
• Meat and Poultry Direct Marketing Information for Farmers

Associations and Other Resources

• American Poultry Association
• Minnesota Turkey Growers Association 
  108 Marty Drive
  Buffalo, MN  55313
  Ph: 763-682-2171
  Fax:  763-682-5546
  info@minnesotaturkey.com

MDA Contact

Meg Moynihan
Minnesota Farm Opportunities
651-201-6616
Agricultural Resources Management and Development Division