![]() To keep the business thriving throughout the year, Miloski and his father – co-owner Mark Sr. ![]() Fed a diet of soy and grain, Miloski’s turkeys grow to a minimum of 10 pounds and a juicy maximum of 35 pounds they sell for roughly $4.79 per pound, with birds flying off the shelves for prices that range from $50 to $170. To maximize profits, the homegrown operation – founded in 1946 by Miloski’s grandfather, Will – has its inventory’s lifecycle down to a science.Īccording to Miloski, the farm begins birthing turkeys on its 30 acres of open space in late July of each year, and continues to birth them for several weeks to stock birds of varying sizes during the holiday rush. Mark Miloski Jr., co-owner of the family-run Will Miloski’s Poultry Farm in Calverton, said his business sells roughly 3,500 turkeys during the Thanksgiving season. How much profit a particular farm makes depends on what kind of poultry it sells, but there’s no doubt this is the season to be jolly for LI’s livestock farmers. The live-poultry industry booms from mid-November through Christmas, when holiday feasts set the tone. Fortunately, they’re about to make a killing. ![]() With high production costs, it can be difficult for Long Island’s poultry farmers to make a living. ![]()
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