“If we don’t do something, there will be nothing but tumbleweed here,” Jimmy Donahoo, a former catfish farmer, said. He, like others in the industry, thinks the producers should be supported by government subsidies, just like other farmers.
At Dillard & Co, they are not waiting for help.
“You focus your resources where you can maximize your profits,” King said. All the empty ponds will be planted with soybeans and corn, those two commodities for which there seems boundless appetite.
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