Trout growers in the US feel the pinch of high feed prices

Trout growers in the United States are feeling the pinch, this is in part due to the increased demand of aquaculture products coupled with tighter supplies of key ingredients that have pushed up aquaculture feed  by 25 to 30 percent since 2008. "Most of the growth is happening in Asia, particularly China", said Ron Hardy, director of the University of Idaho's Aquaculture Research Institute at Hagerman. "Feed is what's driving aquaculture," Hardy said during the US Trout Farmers Association annual meeting held recently in Twin Falls. Read more ...

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