However, due to staffing challenges and operational stress, the family has made the emotional decision to stop raising turkeys on their land.

Pounds Turkey Farm near Leechburg has raised the turkeys that have appeared on families' Thanksgiving and Christmas tables for generations. But the farm said that after 90 years, they will no ...

Sawatzke started farming in 2017 and is the fifth generation to raise turkeys. The family switched from turkey breeding to raising market turkeys for meat in the end of 2019.

However, due to staffing challenges and operational stress, the family has made the emotional decision to stop raising turkeys on their land.