Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 1,045 tons, down 27 per cent from the corresponding month a year ago. Feed delivered for fingerlings and broodfish totaled 76 tons, up 29 per cent from the corresponding month a year ago.
January feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 212 tons, down 46 per cent from last year. Alabama accounted for 20 per cent of the total foodsize catfish feed delivered to US farmers.
The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in January and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 52 tons, down 32 per cent; Louisiana with 18 tons, up 157 per cent; and Mississippi with 209 tons, down seven per cent.
