US - December 2010 Catfish Feed Deliveries Down 1 Percent from Last Year      
 
Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during December was 3,324 tons, down 1 percent from December 2009 and down 74 percent from the previous month.  Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 3,270 tons, up 2 percent from the corresponding month a year ago.  Feed delivered for fingerlings and broodfish totaled 54 tons, down 59 percent from the corresponding month a year ago.
 
December feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 1,524 tons, down 37 percent from last year.  Alabama accounted for 47 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed delivered to U.S. farmers.
 
The other major States with catfish feed  deliveries for foodsize fish in December and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 107
tons, up 10 percent; Louisiana with 27 tons, up 125 percent; and Mississippi with 385 tons, up 73 percent.

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