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 is ...

As winter approaches, a pond owner’s thoughts turn away from feeding their catfish. While it’s true that catfish don’t eat much feed in winter, pond owners serious about their ponds should not totally ...

EAST TEXAS (KLTV/KTRE) - The growth of channel catfish slows during the winter, but feeding is still important, otherwise catfish will lose weight and will not be in good condition. This is also ...

6/22/2008 MOOREHEAD, Miss. With soaring prices for just about everything needed to raise their fish - fuel to feed - catfish farmers are anxious. Some are shutting down altogether. Anywhere else in ...

One of the more unusual offshoots of Congress's drought-relief efforts was a $34 million assistance program for catfish farmers. Under the 2003 Catfish Feed Assistance Program, announced in August of ...

Channel catfish are close to shore and eager to bite in many lakes and the large reservoirs across Iowa. After eating light during the winter, channel catfish go on a feeding frenzy in early spring, ...

The African Catfish (Clarias gariepinus) is a fast-growing fish species native to African waters. In Uganda, it can be found in lakes, rivers, swamps and artificial commercial fish farms where catfish ...

Feeding a redtail catfish isn’t easy—especially when it craves live prey. Watch as we head out to catch tiny exotic fish by hand for one of the most powerful aquarium predators around. What happens ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MORLEY, Mo. (AP) _ Authorities say a man has ...

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 and ...