Smaller ponds that are an acre or less are ideal for raising catfish. If you want to raise more than one species of fish, the experts recommend having a pond larger than one acre. Keeping a ...

JEROME - Belts are being tightened throughout the U.S. catfish industry. As soaring feed costs have outpaced catfish prices, many farmers have abandoned ponds, and consolidation among processors ...

Springtime begins a new season in pond management. It’s the time for stocking and the beginning of regular feeding of catfish.

MOORHEAD, Miss. -- Rick Moyer gazes at the sun-charred bottom of the pond next to his 600-acre catfish farm and shakes his head — another farmer scrambling to stay solvent has drained the pond ...

With soaring prices for just about everything needed to raise their fish - fuel to feed - catfish farmers are anxious.