Thursday, April 28, 2011

Costs, disease hurt shrimp breeders

Despite an increase in prices, shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops. The price of baby shrimp, feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year, pushing up production costs.

Each baby shrimp price, for instance, is VND10-15 higher than the previous year, while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo. In addition, shrimp raised in many delta provinces, including Tra Vinh, Soc Trang, Bac Lieu and Kien Giang, have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month, creating heavy losses to farmers. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers
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