FISH A GOOD CATCH FOR FARMERS SOME MIDWESTERN FARMERS ARE STARTING TO PRODUCE FISH TO BOOST THEIR INCOMES.(BUSINESS)

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) | October 30, 2002 | Copyright

Byline: James Hannah Associated Press

URBANA, OHIO -- Farmers worried about making a living off their land are turning to water.

A growing number of Midwest farmers are diversifying into fish farming to supplement their income and shield their farms from falling crop prices, fickle weather and other financial pressures.

"We were dependent solely on the poultry market," said Jim Zehringer, who began raising fish on his chicken farm in 1998. "This was a financial decision. We had the water. And we had the infrastructure in place."

Zehringer ...

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