October 2009 Catfish Feed Deliveries Down 33 Percent from Last Year      

Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during October was 40,186 tons, down 33 percent from October 2008 and down 53 percent from the previous month.  Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 38,828 tons, down 34 percent from the corresponding month a year ago.  Feed delivered for fingerlings and broodfish totaled 1,358 tons, up 81 percent from the
corresponding month a year ago.

October feed delivered to Mississippi catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 17,762 tons, down 34 percent from last year.  Mississippi accounted for 46 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed delivered to U.S. farmers.

The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in October and their comparison to the previous year were Alabama with 14,442 tons, down 14 percent; Arkansas with 2,916 tons, down 63 percent; and Louisiana with 116 tons, down 94 percent. 

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Siurce: NASS - US Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.