Aq 4 (1-11) Released January 20, 2011, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Catfish Feed Deliveries" call Charles Butler at 601-965-4575, office hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CT. NASS US Department of Agriculture Washington, D.C. December 2010 Catfish Feed Deliveries Down 1 Percent from Last Year Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during December was 3,324 tons, down 1 percent from December 2009 and down 74 percent from the previous month. Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 3,270 tons, up 2 percent from the corresponding month a year ago. Feed delivered for fingerlings and broodfish totaled 54 tons, down 59 percent from the corresponding month a year ago. December feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 1,524 tons, down 37 percent from last year. Alabama accounted for 47 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed delivered to U.S. farmers. The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in December and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 107 tons, up 10 percent; Louisiana with 27 tons, up 125 percent; and Mississippi with 385 tons, up 73 percent. Catfish Feed: Tons Delivered For Foodsize Fish, United States, 2009-2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month : By Month :Percent of : Cumulative :Percent of :-----------------------: Previous :-----------------------: Previous : 2009 : 2010 : Year : 2009 : 2010 : Year -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ Tons ------ Percent ------- Tons ------ Percent : Jan : 4,455 1,433 32 4,455 1,433 32 Feb : 7,034 1,528 22 11,489 2,961 26 Mar : 18,927 12,680 67 30,416 15,641 51 Apr : 31,621 38,080 120 62,037 53,721 87 May : 57,466 60,913 106 119,503 114,634 96 Jun : 93,123 80,769 87 212,626 195,403 92 Jul : 104,060 89,734 86 316,686 285,137 90 Aug : 107,840 86,024 80 424,526 371,161 87 Sep : 82,125 77,963 95 506,651 449,124 89 Oct : 38,828 33,567 86 545,479 482,691 88 Nov1/ : 21,280 12,525 59 566,759 495,216 87 Dec : 3,221 3,270 102 569,980 498,486 87 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/Revised 2010 data only. Catfish Feed: Tons Delivered For Fingerlings and Broodfish, United States, 2009-2010 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month : By Month :Percent of : Cumulative :Percent of :-----------------------: Previous :-----------------------: Previous : 2009 : 2010 : Year : 2009 : 2010 : Year -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ Tons ----- Percent ------ Tons ------ Percent : Jan : 254 59 23 254 59 23 Feb : 268 142 53 522 201 39 Mar : 927 900 97 1,449 1,101 76 Apr : 1,116 2,065 185 2,565 3,166 123 May : 1,774 3,198 180 4,339 6,364 147 Jun : 3,191 4,917 154 7,530 11,281 150 Jul : 4,209 6,579 156 11,739 17,860 152 Aug : 5,453 7,004 128 17,192 24,864 145 Sep : 3,513 4,949 141 20,705 29,813 144 Oct : 1,358 2,198 162 22,063 32,011 145 Nov : 1,314 346 26 23,377 32,357 138 Dec : 133 54 41 23,510 32,411 138 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ The sum of the published States may not equal the total to avoid disclosure of individual operations. Catfish Feed: Tons Delivered For Foodsize Fish, Alabama, 2009-2010 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month: By Month :Percent of : Cumulative :Percent of :-----------------------: Previous :-----------------------: Previous : 2009 : 2010 : Year : 2009 : 2010 : Year ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ Tons ------ Percent ------- Tons ------ Percent : Jan : 1,992 392 20 1,992 392 20 Feb : 2,490 599 24 4,482 991 22 Mar : 7,290 3,472 48 11,772 4,463 38 Apr : 10,891 12,416 114 22,663 16,879 74 May : 17,599 19,589 111 40,262 36,468 91 Jun : 29,018 27,165 94 69,280 63,633 92 Jul : 36,818 30,783 84 106,098 94,416 89 Aug : 32,334 30,537 94 138,432 124,953 90 Sep : 24,546 25,700 105 162,978 150,653 92 Oct : 14,442 10,298 71 177,420 160,951 91 Nov1/: 8,762 5,619 64 186,182 166,570 89 Dec : 2,404 1,524 63 188,586 168,094 89 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/Revised 2010 data only. Catfish Feed: Tons Delivered For Foodsize Fish, Arkansas, 2009-2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month : By Month :Percent of : Cumulative :Percent of :-----------------------: Previous :-----------------------: Previous : 2009 : 2010 : Year : 2009 : 2010 : Year -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ Tons ------ Percent ------ Tons ------ Percent : Jan : 165 76 46 165 76 46 Feb : 509 75 15 674 151 22 Mar : 2,084 1,406 67 2,758 1,557 56 Apr : 3,922 4,087 104 6,680 5,644 84 May : 7,437 6,336 85 14,117 11,980 85 Jun : 10,882 7,102 65 24,999 19,082 76 Jul : 10,429 8,802 84 35,428 27,884 79 Aug : 14,450 8,559 59 49,878 36,443 73 Sep : 9,502 7,740 81 59,380 44,183 74 Oct : 2,916 3,132 107 62,296 47,315 76 Nov : 1,310 643 49 63,606 47,958 75 Dec : 97 107 110 63,703 48,065 75 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Catfish Feed: Tons Delivered For Fingerlings and Broodfish, Arkansas, 2009-2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month : By Month :Percent of : Cumulative :Percent of :-----------------------: Previous :-----------------------: Previous : 2009 : 2010 : Year : 2009 : 2010 : Year -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----- Tons ----- Percent ------ Tons ----- Percent : Jan : 50 27 54 50 27 54 Feb : 156 122 78 206 149 72 Mar : 314 552 176 520 701 135 Apr : 144 718 499 664 1,419 214 May : 173 789 456 837 2,208 264 Jun : 283 474 167 1,120 2,682 239 Jul : 637 902 142 1,757 3,584 204 Aug : 820 976 119 2,577 4,560 177 Sep : 389 1,086 279 2,966 5,646 190 Oct : 310 516 166 3,276 6,162 188 Nov : 255 82 32 3,531 6,244 177 Dec : 117 30 26 3,648 6,274 172 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Catfish Feed: Tons Delivered For Foodsize Fish, Louisiana, 2009-2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month : By Month :Percent of : Cumulative :Percent of :-----------------------: Previous :-----------------------: Previous : 2009 : 2010 : Year : 2009 : 2010 : Year -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----- Tons ----- Percent ------ Tons ------ Percent : Jan : 168 7 4 168 7 4 Feb : 122 4 3 290 11 4 Mar : 518 286 55 808 297 37 Apr : 1,312 565 43 2,120 862 41 May : 1,520 678 45 3,640 1,540 42 Jun : 1,556 735 47 5,196 2,275 44 Jul : 1,411 679 48 6,607 2,954 45 Aug : 1,601 601 38 8,208 3,555 43 Sep : 1,180 500 42 9,388 4,055 43 Oct : 116 136 117 9,504 4,191 44 Nov : 1,435 67 5 10,939 4,258 39 Dec : 12 27 225 10,951 4,285 39 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Catfish Feed: Tons Delivered For Foodsize Fish, Mississippi, 2009-2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month : By Month :Percent of : Cumulative :Percent of :-----------------------: Previous :-----------------------: Previous : 2009 : 2010 : Year : 2009 : 2010 : Year -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ Tons ------ Percent ------- Tons ------ Percent : Jan : 782 224 29 782 224 29 Feb : 2,147 193 9 2,929 417 14 Mar : 6,336 4,536 72 9,265 4,953 53 Apr : 12,628 17,203 136 21,893 22,156 101 May : 26,165 29,285 112 48,058 51,441 107 Jun : 45,116 39,337 87 93,174 90,778 97 Jul : 49,001 43,676 89 142,175 134,454 95 Aug : 53,148 40,022 75 195,323 174,476 89 Sep : 41,091 37,849 92 236,414 212,325 90 Oct : 17,762 15,488 87 254,176 227,813 90 Nov1/ : 7,523 3,900 52 261,699 231,713 89 Dec : 222 385 173 261,921 232,098 89 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/Revised 2010 data only. Catfish Feed: Tons Delivered For Fingerlings and Broodfish, Mississippi, 2009-2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Month: By Month :Percent of : Cumulative :Percent of :-----------------------: Previous :-----------------------: Previous : 2009 : 2010 : Year : 2009 : 2010 : Year ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : ------ Tons ----- Percent ------ Tons ------ Percent : Jan : 41 8 20 41 8 20 Feb : 73 2 3 114 10 9 Mar : 460 280 61 574 290 51 Apr : 855 1,134 133 1,429 1,424 100 May : 1,477 2,294 155 2,906 3,718 128 Jun : 2,688 4,287 159 5,594 8,005 143 Jul : 3,445 5,579 162 9,039 13,584 150 Aug : 4,479 5,900 132 13,518 19,484 144 Sep : 2,796 3,723 133 16,314 23,207 142 Oct : 952 1,593 167 17,266 24,800 144 Nov : 1,006 230 23 18,272 25,030 137 Dec : 1 1 100 18,273 25,031 137 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Catfish Feed: Tons Delivered For Foodsize Fish, Other States East of the Mississippi River, 2009-2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month : By Month :Percent of : Cumulative :Percent of :-----------------------: Previous :-----------------------: Previous : 2009 : 2010 : Year : 2009 : 2010 : Year -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ Tons ----- Percent ------ Tons ------ Percent : Jan : 357 90 25 357 90 25 Feb : 426 123 29 783 213 27 Mar : 967 715 74 1,750 928 53 Apr : 1,019 1,563 153 2,769 2,491 90 May : 1,504 1,540 102 4,273 4,031 94 Jun : 2,023 2,009 99 6,296 6,040 96 Jul : 2,272 1,647 72 8,568 7,687 90 Aug : 2,449 1,923 79 11,017 9,610 87 Sep : 2,453 2,266 92 13,470 11,876 88 Oct : 1,255 1,149 92 14,725 13,025 88 Nov1/ : 425 604 142 15,150 13,629 90 Dec : 128 103 80 15,278 13,732 90 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/Revised 2010 data only. Catfish Feed: Tons Delivered For Foodsize Fish, Other States West of the Mississippi River, 2009-2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month : By Month :Percent of : Cumulative :Percent of :-----------------------: Previous :-----------------------: Previous : 2009 : 2010 : Year : 2009 : 2010 : Year -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ Tons ----- Percent ------ Tons ------ Percent : Jan : 991 644 65 991 644 65 Feb : 1,340 534 40 2,331 1,178 51 Mar : 1,732 2,265 131 4,063 3,443 85 Apr : 1,849 2,246 121 5,912 5,689 96 May : 3,241 3,485 108 9,153 9,174 100 Jun : 4,528 4,421 98 13,681 13,595 99 Jul : 4,129 4,147 100 17,810 17,742 100 Aug : 3,858 4,382 114 21,668 22,124 102 Sep : 3,353 3,908 117 25,021 26,032 104 Oct : 2,337 3,364 144 27,358 29,396 107 Nov : 1,825 1,692 93 29,183 31,088 107 Dec : 358 1,124 314 29,541 32,212 109 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Catfish Feed: Tons Delivered For Fingerlings and Broodfish, Other States West of the Mississippi River, 2009-2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month : By Month :Percent of : Cumulative :Percent of :-----------------------: Previous :-----------------------: Previous : 2009 : 2010 : Year : 2009 : 2010 : Year -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----- Tons ---- Percent ----- Tons ---- Percent : Jan : 143 2 1 143 2 1 Feb : 7 2 29 150 4 3 Mar : 58 42 72 208 46 22 Apr : 37 102 276 245 148 60 May : 72 31 43 317 179 56 Jun : 98 69 70 415 248 60 Jul : 62 62 100 477 310 65 Aug : 68 48 71 545 358 66 Sep : 255 78 31 800 436 55 Oct : 28 46 164 828 482 58 Nov : 27 6 22 855 488 57 Dec : 9 1 11 864 489 57 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reliability of Catfish Feed Deliveries Estimates Survey Procedures: All participating catfish feed mills are feed mills that produce and deliver catfish feed to bonafide catfish producers. Survey data for catfish feed are collected from feed mills by the USDA-NASS Mississippi Field Office, which is responsible for ensuring survey coverage is as complete as possible. Mills are contacted by mail, telephone, fax, or internet. Diligent effort is made to ensure that all operations are accounted for in the estimate. Estimation Procedures: The "Catfish Feed Deliveries" report refers strictly to catfish feed delivered to bonafide catfish producers and excludes catfish feed delivered to producers of other species. The totals include both bagged and bulk feed. Prior to summarization, questionnaires are compared to previous reports for comparability. Estimates are made for feed mills whose reports are not available in time to be included in the release. Those mills are identified by an asterisk on page 11 of this release. Estimates are based on the mill's previous reports and current conditions. Published totals are a straight summation of the individual reports and estimated data. If a mill uses a fiscal accounting system, proration is used to convert reported data to a calendar month basis. Two unusual features of this report are worthy of note: (1) cooperating feed mills are listed by name, and (2) it is impossible for the public to infer the amount of catfish feed produced in each State. Since many mills deliver feed to more than one State and to growers of other species, any inferences about overall production per State or per mill are not valid. Revision Policy: Revisions may be necessary in the following month's publication pending a review of late reports received from mills. Revisions to previous estimates are made to improve month-to-month relationships. Estimates for the previous month are subject to revision in all States and regions monthly totals. In February, all monthly estimates for the previous year are reviewed and subject to revisions. The review is primarily based on data that may have been received after the original estimates were published. Reliability: Estimates are based on data from cooperating catfish feed mills, and therefore have no sampling variability. However, estimates may be subject to errors such as omissions, duplication, mistakes in reporting, recording, and processing of data. These errors are minimized through strict quality controls in the edit and summarization process and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. Terms and Definitions Used for Catfish Feed Deliveries Estimates Broodfish - Fish kept for egg production, including males. Broodfish produce the fertilized eggs that go to hatcheries. The most desirable size is 3 to 10 pounds or 4 to 6 years of age. Catfish Feed - For the purposes of this report catfish feed is defined as feed delivered to bonafide catfish producers. Thus, it is not the absolute total amount of feed produced or even sold by a mill. (Some catfish feed is sold to producers of other species of fish.) The definition includes medicated feed. Catfish feed is designed to float on the surface of the water. Catfish are fed this way from the moment they hatch. Therefore, they learn to go to the surface for feed. The result is a clean nutritious diet for American farm raised catfish. Catfish Feed for Foodsize Fish - Feed containing pellets larger than 1/8 of an inch. Catfish Feed for Fingerlings/Broodfish - Feed containing pellets 1/8 of an inch or smaller. Fingerlings - Fish weighing 2 to 60 pounds per 1,000 fish or 2 to 6 inches in length. Foodsize Fish - Fish being grown commercially for human consumption. Optimum sizes at harvest depend on the market but are generally no lower than 3/4 pound but near one pound. Data were compiled in cooperation with the following feed mills: Alabama Feed Mill LLC Land O Lakes Arkat Feeds Melick Aqua Feed LLC Cargill Animal Nutrition Rangen Inc. 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