USDA Catfish and Trout Reports
23 April 2012
USDA Catfish Feed Deliveries April 2012
Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2012 was 25,457 tons, up 39 percent from March 2011, and
up 234 percent from the previous month.
Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 24,197 tons, up 36 percent from the
corresponding month a year ago. Feed delivered for fingerlings and broodfish totaled 1,260 tons, up 122 percent from the
corresponding month a year ago.
March feed delivered to Mississippi catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 10,802 tons, up 88 percent from last year.
Mississippi accounted for 45 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed delivered to United States farmers.
The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year
were Alabama with 7,459, down 2 percent; Arkansas with 2,471 tons, up 73 percent; and Louisiana with 124 tons, down
58 percent.
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