Iowa State University Welcomes National Thanksgiving Turkey at Public Open House Dec. 5

Video and images of the turkeys and official welcome remarks are available upon request.

AMES, Iowa – The Department of Animal Science at Iowa State University is holding a public open house on Saturday, Dec. 5 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to welcome the National Thanksgiving Turkey and alternate – Corn and Cob – to their new home at Iowa State. Location and COVID-19 protocols for the event are available at: https://www.ans.iastate.edu/2020-national-thanksgiving-turkey. Face coverings will be required.

Photos and video footage of official welcome remarks and of the turkeys are available upon request by contacting Michelle Hiscocks at michhisc@iastate.edu. Remarks are available by:

• Daniel J. Robison, dean and endowed chair of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
• Gretta Irwin, executive director, Iowa Turkey Federation
• Ron Kardel, chairman of the National Turkey Federation and the Iowa turkey producer from Walcott, Iowa, who raised the Presidential Flock
• Dr. Dan Thomson, chair of the Department of Animal Science