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Catfish selling for less despite higher feed costs
Magazine article from: The Mississippi Business Journal ...Mississippi catfish farmers have...lukewarm. Despite the fact...They're selling for 6 to 8 cents per pound less, while the feed cost is up as high as 8 cents...rising feed ...
Steady consumer prices, rise in production signal recovery
Newspaper article from: The Columbian (Vancouver, WA) ...back in May despite rainy weather...percent, by at least a quarter...Vietnamese catfish, S. Korean...tariffs as high as 44.71...S. frozen catfish fillet market by selling at prices...below the cost of ...
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Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) ...2002 to the highest level on...commitments despite the muddled...Vietnam dumps catfish WASHINGTON...illegally dumped catfish on the American...ranging as high as 64 percent...ruling. The Catfish Farmers of...market by ...
Aquaculture surging with Americans eating more fish.
Newspaper article from: The Kiplinger Agriculture Letter ...the rise: Catfish, trout...output, despite abundant...to raise catfish and other...profit is by selling to niche...lucrative. Costs are especially...re also less prone to...made with high-protein...grain ...
Officials optimistic for biofuels despite low fuel prices
Magazine article from: The Mississippi Business Journal ...now that gas costs are down...economy, the costs of lower gas and the higher cost of feedstock...It was real high and then went...producers stopped selling it and are...innovative feed stocks. Now...months ...

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