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>> HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS

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AROUND INDIANA.

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WITH LESS THAN A WEEK TO GO

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BEFORE THANKSGIVING, IT'S SAFE

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TO SAY THOUSANDS OF HOOSIERS ARE

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ALREADY SEEING VISIONS OF CREAMY

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MASHED POTATOES. GRAVY. AND THAT

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PERFECT PIECE OF PUMPKIN PIE.

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BUT DON'T FORGET THE STAR OF THE

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SHOW .... THE TURKEY.

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IN FACT, YOU MAY BE SURPRISED TO

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KNOW JUST HOW VITAL INDIANA IS

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TO THE PRODUCTION OF THE

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THANKSGIVING BIRD ... TO DINNER

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TABLES NATIONWIDE.

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AROUND INDIANA REPORTER

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MARY-RACHEL REDMAN HAS MORE FROM

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LITTLE BY LITTLE FARM IN

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ZIONSVILLE.

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THE 5th LARGER PRODUCER IN THE

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COUNTRY.

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NOT EXACTLY A SURPRISE THERE FOR

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MOST.

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AND OF COURSE, THERE IS ALWAYS

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INDIANA CORN.

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HOOSIER CROP ALSO SITS AT THE

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NUMBER FIVE SPOT IN THE COUNTRY.

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[MUSIC]

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THERE IS TURKEY.

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INDIANA HAPPENS TO BE A MAJOR

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PLAYER IN THE PRODUCTION OF

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THANKSGIVINGS OFFICIAL BIRD THIS

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WEEK AT THE WHITE HOUSE,

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PRESIDENT BIDEN PARDONED TWO

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HOOSIER TURKEYS FROM JASPER, NOT

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ALL TURKEY TRACKS GO SOUTH.

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CASE IN POINT, LITTLE BY LITTLE

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FARM IN ZIONSVILLE.

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>> WE STARTED OUT WITH THREE

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GOATS AND 12 CHICKENS.

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AND LITTLE BY LITTLE...

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>> THEY GREW.

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SO HOW EXACTLY DID ROBERT

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PINNEDER WHOSE DAY JOB AT ROCHE

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DIAGNOSTICS AND HIS WIFE

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STEPHANIE FIND THEMSELVES IN THE

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TURKEY BUSINESS.

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>> WE WERE GOING AT THE TIME

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EVERY THANKSGIVING TO MY WIFE'S

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AUNT'S HOUSE.

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ONE YEAR SHE SAID, YOU GUYS

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SHOULD TRY RAISING A TURKEY, AT

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THE TIME WE HAD CHICKENS, I

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SAID, OKAY WE'LL GIVE IT A TRY,

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WHY NOT.

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WE DID A BLIND TASTE TEST, WE

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HAD A STORE BOUGHT AND THIS

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TURKEY OF OURS, CARVED IT UP,

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PUT IT ON THE TABLE AND

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EVERYBODY LOVED OUR TURKEY.

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AND THEN WE SAID, OKAY, THAT'S

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IT.

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WE GOT TO START RAISING TURKEYS

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>> THAT THEY DID.

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IN 2005 IT BEGAN WITH JUST THREE

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TURKEYS.

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NOW...

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>> WE DOUBLED UP THIS YEAR,

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ENDED UP WITH 243, AND IT IS

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STILL NOT ENOUGH.

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WE SOLD OUT ALL OF OUR TURKEYS

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ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.

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AND EVERY DAY WE'RE PROBABLY

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GETTING FIVE, 10 CALLS ASKING,

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HEY, DO YOU HAVE ANY TURKEYS

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>> THOSE LOOK LIKE SOME BIG

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BIRDS.

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>> THEY ARE.

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>> LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO MEET

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THESE SUCKERS.

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>> AND IF I'M BEING HONEST,

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FOLKS, NEVER, EVER, IN MY

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WILDEST DREAMS DID I THINK I

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WOULD EVER ENCOUNTER OVER 200

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TURKEYS.

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>> LOOK AT ALL THESE TURKEYS,

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OH, MY GOSH.

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>> ROBERT LET ME IN ON A LITTLE

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SECRET.

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>> TURKEYS ARE DUMB.

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TURKEYS ARE REALLY DUMB.

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[LAUGHTER]

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>> WHITE BROAD BREASTED TURKEYS.

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>> YEP.

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>> AND YOU HAVE OVER 200.

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>> YEP, 240.

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>> AND THEY'RE ALL KIND

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OF -- OBVIOUSLY MOST LIKELY THIS

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YEAR, WHEN CAN THEY START TO

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SIGN UP FOR 2022?

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>> WE START TAKING ORDERS IN

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AUGUST.

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>> WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN

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FIVE YEARS?

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>> I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO

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HAVE THIS TO BE MY FULL-TIME

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PASSION, MY FULL-TIME JOB TYPE

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OF THING.

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CONTINUE GROWING, MAYBE EXPAND A

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FEW MORE ACRES.