Greenville, Miss., catfish farmer, to the Convention of the 

 Catfish Farmers of America. Contrary to some statements of cost, 

 Lupher counts interest on land, construction, and equipment 

 investments, as well as interest on working capital before 

 computing net profit. Per acre revenue, cost, and net profit 

 data are presented for three rates of output (1,000, 1,500, and 

 2,000 pounds of catfish per acre), with cost variations among 

 them being due to differences in feed, fingerlings, and hauling 

 expenses. Various expense items are discussed, including factors 

 that could cause revenue, costs, and returns to depart from the 

 arrounts shown. The data are based on Lupher's operation and 

 others with which he is familiar. 

 Subject descriptors: 

 Catfish; revenue; costs; returns. 



007 



Anonymous. 

 1973. 



Cost-returns — catfish food production (40 acre operation) . 

 U.S. Dep . Agri., Soil Conserv. Serv., unpubl. table, 2 pp. 

 Obtain from Mayo Martin, Ext. Biologist, Bur. Sport Fish. 

 Wildlife, Fish Farming Exp. Sta., P. 0. Box 860, Stuttgart, Ak 

 72160. 



Initial investment costs, annual costs and returns, computational 

 assumptions, and other data are given for a 40-acre operation 

 (with four 1-acre and four 7-acre ponds) . Gross returns and net 

 returns to land and management, average net return per acre, and 

 production costs per pound are given for three levels of output 

 (1,500, 1,200, and 2,000 pounds per acre). 



Subject descriptors: 



Catfish; revenue; costs; returns. 



008 



Anonymous. 



1976. 



Catfish farming--how to make it profitable. 



Commercial Fish Farmer Aquacult. News 2(3): 9-15. 



This article presents comments made by four farm operators at the 



workshop on the economics of catfish farming at the annual 



convention of the Catfish Farmers of America, February 4-7, 1976, 



Biloxi, Miss. Various cost, technique, management and other 



information is provided for the four operations. One operator 



indicated that catfish farming is less subject to uncontrollable 



factors (such as weather) than such land-based crops as wheat, 



beans and cotton. 



Subject descriptors: 



Catfish; costs; returns; techniques. 



