Catfish's future uncertain due to high feed cost

In the United States, catfish producers are struggling against high costs and they know that the strong market prices may not last much longer. Jimmy Avery, aquaculture leader with the Mississippi State University Extension Service said "years of pond acreage reductions are driving fish prices up. Unfortunately, the cost of producers’ biggest expense, feed, is also setting record highs. The end result could challenge consumers to afford this US farm-raised product. “Feed costs have gone up about 120 percent in the last 10 years. In 2000, producers were paying about US$192 (€138.583) per ton for feed. Read more ....

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