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Nội dung: <blockquote data-quote="Butchi" data-source="post: 93844" data-attributes="member: 7">Turkey Production Costs Are Up; Not Good News at Thanksgiving[MP3]https://server1.vnkienthuc.com/files/3/Media/se-ag-turkeys-11-19-07.mp3[/MP3]This is the VOA Special English AGRICULTURE REPORT.This  Thursday is Thanksgiving, the most[A] popular holiday[/A] for Americans to eat  turkey. But people may have to pay a little more for their holiday bird  this year. How much more will [A]depend on[/A] competition between stores.Production  costs are up. Turkeys are fed mainly corn and soybean meal. Corn was an[A] average[/A]  of two dollars a bushel last year. This year it was three  dollars, and prices topped[A] four dollars[/A] at times. Not only that, soybean  production is down from last year's record high.Many farmers are  growing corn to make [A]fuel[/A]. The Department of Agriculture says  one-fourth of the record corn crop expected this year could become  ethanol. Also, higher oil prices mean higher[A] transportation[/A] costs --  another reason for costlier corn.Rising food prices might be one thing on the minds of Thanksgiving Day meal planners this year. But some things never [A]change[/A].A  turkey can be a little tricky to [A]cook[/A]. The breast meat cooks faster  than the leg meat, so it can get dried out. Countless turkey suggestions  are on the Internet. We found a recipe called "The World's Best  Turkey." It calls for butter, two apples, a tablespoon of garlic powder,  and salt and [A]pepper[/A] to taste.Oh, and it also calls for  two-thirds of a seven hundred fifty milliliter bottle of Champagne. For  the turkey. The Champagne is poured over the inside and outside of the  bird in a roasting bag.However the turkey is cooked, someone has  to cut it. Advice about carving turkeys like a professional is also  available online. The University of Illinois Extension service, for  example, [A]suggests[/A] practicing on a chicken during the off-season.For people who do not eat meat, there are [A]products[/A] like Tofurky made of tofu, which comes from soybeans.Turkey  producers in the United States are expected to raise two hundred  seventy-two million birds this year. That estimate is four percent  higher than last year. Two-thirds of the[A] turkeys[/A] are expected to come  from Minnesota, North Carolina, Arkansas, Virginia, Missouri and  California.The Census Bureau says the United States[A] imported [/A]ten  million dollars worth of live turkeys during the first half of the year.  Almost all came from Canada. During that period the United States had a[A] five million dollar trade[/A]  deficit in live turkeys. But it had a nine  million dollar surplus in cranberries. And it had a fifteen million  dollar surplus in[A] sweet potatoes[/A], another popular food at Thanksgiving.And that's the VOA Special English AGRICULTURE REPORT, written by Jerilyn Watson. I'm Steve Ember.</blockquote>

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