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re: Paging Delta Land
Posted on 3/6/24 at 1:09 pm to Outdoorreb
Posted on 3/6/24 at 1:09 pm to Outdoorreb
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figured it was a lot easier for the catfish farmers to have a good idea on how many #’s of fish they would be able to harvest in a pond by figuring percentages unless something crazy happened like the drought we had or losing power and that was the only way to run aeration.
If you’re very experienced you can. But AC is a corporate company owned by an investment group, and that tends to cause issues between owners and managers. Because they look at what’s on paper and don’t like to hear what the manager has to report. Because you never, ever get the fish out of a pond at harvest that the computer says you have in there. It’s why a lot of people got out of the catfish business, it’s stressful as hell having a crop that you can’t really see until you harvest it.
But from what I understand on the AC deal, they had a good crop of fish this past year. The guys they fired apparently had the best production the company ever has had the past 5-6 years which is why it surprised so many people. I think they just didn’t make money and the managers got the blame, but I don’t know anyone who was profitable in 2023. It was a bad year for the industry as whole. Inputs were sky high, fish prices down due to declining sales because inflation is squeezing the consumers and thus restaurants causing many to switch to cheap imported fish to save money.
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Posted on 3/6/24 at 7:06 pm to deltaland
I hate to see your industry fighting the imports. I refuse to buy or eat imported fish or seafood that is available from USA farm or wild caught. If I go to a restaurant and its says imported, I make a point of telling management that I will never order it. It may not mean anything to them, but that's ok. If everyone boycotted it, they would stop serving it. In the end, the small price difference is not that great.
Posted on 3/6/24 at 7:59 pm to deltaland
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it’s stressful as hell having a crop that you can’t really see until you harvest it.
I can understand that. Brookie’s last job was building our bass lake and I was always worried about the bass because I couldn’t see them or even visually see their presence. Turns out I was right, and the company we got the fish from had to restock the lake because they were all dead. (I say “all” because we didn’t shock up a single bass in 40 minutes of shocking)
At least y’all can see them when the feed truck comes by.
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I think they just didn’t make money and the managers got the blame,
That makes sense. There always has to be a fall guy.
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But AC is a corporate company owned by an investment group
Really? Are there a lot of investment groups that actually raise fish? I could see leasing the ponds out, but not actually raising the fish. That seems like a sure as frick way to lose money, and that goes for an investment group that actually farms the land instead of just leasing it out.
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