February 24, 2009
US catfish feed delivery up 30 percent on-year in Jan
Total catfish feed delivery in the US during January reached 4,709 tonnes, up 30 percent on-year and up 9 percent from December 2008.
Foodsize catfish feed delivered reached 4,455 tonnes, up 34 percent on-year. Feed delivered for fingerlings and broodfish totalled 254 tonnes, down 13 percents on-year.
Feed delivered to Alabama catfish farmers for foodsize fish in January totalled 1,992 tonnes, up 23 percent. Alabama represented 45 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed delivered to US farmers.
Foodsize catfish feed deliveries to Arkansas grew 3 percent to 165 tonnes, up 5 percent to 782 tonnes for Mississippi and up sharply for Louisiana with 168 tonnes.