Feed deliveries for catfish May 2011

The report on catfish feed deliveries showed that in the US during May 2011, catfish feed was down 22 percent and was only 50,068 tons from May 2010. It was up on last months figures at 65 percent, foodsize catfish feed delivered totalled 47,896 tons, down 21 percent from the corresponding month a year ago.

Fingerlings and broodfish totaled 2172 tons, down 32 percent. May feed delivered to Mississippi catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 21,465 tons, down 27 percent from last year. This latest report from the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) gives a breakdown of all catfish breeders and the feed results. Read more ...

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