Here’s a shocker…The Farm Bureau’s annual survey of items used for a traditional Thanksgiving feast found a 14 percent increase in cost compared to last year. Iowa Farm Bureau economist, Sam Funk, says they based the cost on a meal for ten people and it came out to an average of 53 dollars and 51 cents.

The price of the meal centerpiece turkey was up an average of one dollar, 50 cents per pound.

Some people canceled the big holiday gathering last year, but plan to return to the tradition this year — and that comes as he says the supply of turkeys is down by about four percent.