Rising costs for Thanksgiving dinner and travel nationwide

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- As millions of Americans hole to observe Thanksgiving, the terms per sheet volition beryllium higher this year.

The American Farm Bureau Federation, oregon AFBF reports the mean outgo for a 16lbs turkey is up astir 40%.

"I person seen the summation already successful the stores. There are assorted antithetic factors going connected close present -- determination was the caller H5N1, and wrong the past mates of years that affected the dairy manufacture but besides the poultry industry," says Christopher Greer, the Assistant Agricultural Commissioner and Sealer of Weights and Measures for Tulare County

Greer says helium has noticed prices are besides climbing for vacation staples similar ham and canned goods.

The AFBF survey shows the nationalist mean outgo of a classical Thanksgiving meal for 10 radical is astir $59.18.

But present connected the West Coast, that fig jumps to $67.05.

"I deliberation it truly falls down to California conscionable being mostly a much costly state, truthful you spot successful those occidental states that are each much costly successful a batch of things," mentions Greer.

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Travel costs are besides shifting.

AAA says flights are pricier this year, 1% higher for home and 15% higher for planetary flights, but car rental and edifice costs are down, 15% for car rentals and 3% for hotels.

Plus, state prices stay high, up astir 9 cents per gallon compared to past year.

"The crushed for that is there's inactive the interaction of the El Segundo occurrence astatine the refinery down successful Southern California. That has a large interaction connected supply. That refinery was down for a small bit, and we saw a spread from Southern California, which didn't person arsenic overmuch proviso arsenic they usually do," explains AAA Spokesperson, Doug Johnson.

AAA recommends fueling up earlier the vacation and checking prices on your way earlier hitting the road.

AAA says the busiest question times volition beryllium Tuesday and Wednesday earlier Thanksgiving and the Sunday after, starting astir 10 a.m.

So if you can, it would beryllium champion to permission connected Monday oregon immoderate time earlier 10 a.m.

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