LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - Some of the most frequent questions I get are in regard to farm ponds. Folks in west Texas call them “tanks” or “stock tanks”. And I have it on good order from my co-workers in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

LELAND, Miss. — Catfish farmers across the South, unable to cope with the soaring cost of corn and soybean feed, are draining their ponds. “It’s a dead business,” said John Dillard, who pioneered the ...

Horace Louie cooks a lot of catfish. “People really like it," said the Cypress Inn chef, resting in a chair after a Saturday night dinner rush in which he helped serve more than 100 plates of golden ...

LITTLE ROCK — Sales by U.S. catfish farmers are down 13.5 percent through the first five months of 2009, according the U.S. Department of Agriculture. From January through May, 199.7 million pounds of ...

PALACIOS -- Mark Kubecka wanted to go home. He wanted baby Avery to grow up there. He wanted bay breezes, big skies and tractors. So he made a plan, quit his Houston job and moved his young family ...