April 23, 2008

US catfish feed deliveries down 58 percent on-year

Total US catfish feed delivery during March 2008 was 16,973 tonnes, down 58 percent from March 2007.

Foodsize catfish feed delivery totalled 16,491 tonnes while feed delivered for fingerlings and broodfish totalled 482 tonnes, down 57 percent and 77 percent respectively from March 2007.

Mississippi catfish producers ordered 6,590 tonnes of foodsize feed, down 61 percent from last year. Mississippi accounted for 40 percent of total foodsize catfish feed deliveries.

Alabama ordered 5,224 tonnes, down 44 percent from last year; Arkansas ordered 1,302 tonnes, down 80 percent from last year; and Louisiana ordered 359 tonnes, down 81 percent from last year.

Despite the results, catfish feed delivery in the US has improved significantly from February 2008.