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A commercial white tom is in the running to be the National Thanksgiving Bird presented to President Donald Trump before the holiday. He’s part of a flock being raised at the Riverside Hutterite Colony north of Huron, S.D.
John Waldner feeds turkeys at the Riverside Hutterite Colony near Huron, S.D.
A flock of commercial white turkeys gets special treatment on the Riverside Hutterite Colony north of Huron. They live in a shed that was air conditioned in summer months and have a special diet of corn, soybean meal and vitamins.
Dakota Provisions and National Turkey Federation chairman Jeff Sveen, left, and producer Ruben Waldner look over a flock of 10 turkeys. One of them will be the National Thanksgiving Turkey presented to the president.
One turkey from a flock at the Riverside Colony will be the Presidential Bird in 2018.
Ruben Waldner checks the calendar in the shed where he's keeping the flock of Presidential Turkeys on the Riverside Colony near Huron.
Jeff Sveen and Ruben Waldner look over a presidential turkey prospect. Waldner said he'd like to train it to jump on the table at his command.
Birds in the running for the Thanksgiving bird presented to the president are given special treatment on a Huron, S.D., farm.
Normally, Ruben Waldner works in a barn with 17,000 turkeys at his feet, so looking after 10 plump toms in a cozy shed is a nice change of pace.
Janelle is editor of the Tri-State Neighbor, covering South Dakota, southwestern Minnesota, northwestern Iowa and northeastern Nebraska. Reach her at jatyeo@tristateneighbor.com or follow on Twitter @JLNeighbor.
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The Presidential Thanksgiving Turkey comes from South Dakota for the first time this year. Here, Jeff Sveen of Dakota Provisions and turkey gr…
A commercial white tom is in the running to be the National Thanksgiving Bird presented to President Donald Trump before the holiday. He’s part of a flock being raised at the Riverside Hutterite Colony north of Huron, S.D.
A flock of commercial white turkeys gets special treatment on the Riverside Hutterite Colony north of Huron. They live in a shed that was air conditioned in summer months and have a special diet of corn, soybean meal and vitamins.
Dakota Provisions and National Turkey Federation chairman Jeff Sveen, left, and producer Ruben Waldner look over a flock of 10 turkeys. One of them will be the National Thanksgiving Turkey presented to the president.
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