Average cost of holiday dinner: $43.47

BEMIDJI, Minn. — The cost of feeding turkey dinner to 10 friends and relatives today inched up this year, but farm advocates say it’s still a bargain. In the annual American Farm Bureau Federation survey, the cost of Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings was put at $43.47, up 1.3 percent from 2009. But it’s also $1.14 cheaper than what shoppers paid two years ago, at $44.61.

By: By Brad Swenson, Forum Communications Co., The Jamestown Sun