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Posted on 4/30/14 at 8:39 pm to deltaland
Posted on 4/30/14 at 8:39 pm to deltaland
Well I didn't know. I was assuming cleared farmland for traditional farming.
Hmm how much would it cost just to do a couple ponds?
I own about 15 acres and 10 are used for pine harvest and the other five is clear. However, its pretty much swamp lands and idk if it would be suitable for catfish.
Feasible? No idea on startup costs but I've been wanting to start something I could do on my own and turn into a business.
Hmm how much would it cost just to do a couple ponds?
I own about 15 acres and 10 are used for pine harvest and the other five is clear. However, its pretty much swamp lands and idk if it would be suitable for catfish.
Feasible? No idea on startup costs but I've been wanting to start something I could do on my own and turn into a business.
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Posted on 4/30/14 at 8:54 pm to oR33Do
3000 dollars per acre to build ponds from ground up and install necessary equipment. Then overhead costs there's a lot involved
Posted on 4/30/14 at 9:03 pm to dawgsjw
bentler steel is looking for temporary construction workers here in Shreveport la. Don't know if a temporary move is possible in your position. I saw the jobs on indeed.com I will be losing my job of 26 years at the end of the month so I am searching all the job boards. Will let you know if I see something closer to your area.
Posted on 4/30/14 at 9:35 pm to deltaland
A lot of mixed results in my own off the cuff research. 300 lbs of catfish harvested per acre per year is what USDA says. Seems kinda small IMO.
I think this would be more suited for long game setup.
Be better off raising tilapia it looks like. That is if you can get people to buy the product? Start small and then grow/diversify?
Seems like something I could easily do but the sales part may be difficult
I think this would be more suited for long game setup.
Be better off raising tilapia it looks like. That is if you can get people to buy the product? Start small and then grow/diversify?
Seems like something I could easily do but the sales part may be difficult
This post was edited on 4/30/14 at 9:37 pm
Posted on 4/30/14 at 10:45 pm to oR33Do
Tilapia was once thought as a trash fish in the culinary world, but it is making a major push in the high end markets now because it accepts whatever flavoring you pair it with so easily.
Posted on 4/30/14 at 11:03 pm to dawgsjw
I will not shite on people like OP who actually work for a living.
Posted on 4/30/14 at 11:52 pm to oR33Do
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300 lbs of catfish harvested per acre per year is what USDA says.
That's a terrible number.
Stock a pond with 6 inch hybrid catfish fingerlings at 8,000 head/acre and you'll harvest them at the end of the year (assuming no major fish kills) and get 12-13,0000 pounds per acre. 2 lbs of feed for every pound of fish so it'd cost roughly 50,000 dollars per year per 10 acre pond to feed them. Feed is about 70% of overhead costs once the land and equipment is paid off.
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Seems like something I could easily do but the sales part may be difficult
Depends on location. You need a lot of infrasturce to commercially farm fish. Here we have equipment manufacturers, feed mills, processing plants, aquaculture supply stores, etc.
It's not "easy" to do. It's high risk with a lot of money involved and if you're only going to have a few ponds you have to work day and night in the summer because you won't be able to afford a nightman to check oxygen levels during the hot part of the year.
Posted on 4/30/14 at 11:54 pm to pirate75
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Tilapia was once thought as a trash fish in the culinary world, but it is making a major push in the high end markets now because it accepts whatever flavoring you pair it with so easily.
Imported tilapia is trash. The conditions they are raised in are terrible and asian countries use a lot of hormones and antibiotics that are banned for domestic US farmers to use.
Domestic Tilapia is good but there isn't much of it. Both it and catfish are popular due to a mild taste and many options on how to cook it. Some prefer the taste of one over the other but anything imported is risky to eat.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 10:12 am to deltaland
Wow this thread blew up. Also this wasn't suppsed to be about me getting a job, but how fricked up the political parties are. I can and will get a job soon enough, but i read all the time about people 50+ who fought for out country and can't get a job and are getting kicked out on the streets. There are tons of stories like this out there.
However this is probably going to happen
The cost of unemployment extension will cost around 9.6 billion, but that is too much.
I'm so glad our elected officials are truly helping those who really need it, big business.
However this is probably going to happen
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Earlier this month, Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee passed a two-year extension of all 50-odd extenders with no spending offset. It would increase the deficit by $85 billion. On Tuesday afternoon, Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee approved a bill to expand six of these tax breaks and make them permanent. The legislation would increase the deficit by $310 billion over the next decade, plus an additional $68 billion in interest costs.
The cost of unemployment extension will cost around 9.6 billion, but that is too much.
I'm so glad our elected officials are truly helping those who really need it, big business.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 10:17 am to dawgsjw
So the true meaning of the OP's thread comes out as not searching for work, because if it really were that then he would be a sorry POS...but the real reason is a political rant. 
Sounds like a libturd whose nobama dreams didn't come true... Say, did you type all of this up on your obama phone?
Sounds like a libturd whose nobama dreams didn't come true... Say, did you type all of this up on your obama phone?
Posted on 5/1/14 at 10:49 am to Spaceman Spiff
My Company is hiring millwrights as we speak. Start out as temporary and possibility to move to full time if you show you can work. We are based out of Macon and travel all over the southeast. Hard work but the money is good. If interested check the company website bdindustrial.com
Posted on 5/1/14 at 11:15 am to dawgsjw
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dawgsjw
Remember when I told you to go frick yourself with a cactus?
Go ahead and do it again.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 11:29 am to Vols&Shaft83
He has a point in that the government is more concerned with the welfare of the corporation who've bought influence than the people they supposedly represent. Distorting markets is distorting markets and a proper capitalist like you can't support that.
(I do want to note I can't speak to the virtue of those tax breaks he cited...just expanding a bit on a broader point)
(I do want to note I can't speak to the virtue of those tax breaks he cited...just expanding a bit on a broader point)
Posted on 5/1/14 at 11:34 am to Perrydawg
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My Company is hiring millwrights as we speak. Start out as temporary and possibility to move to full time if you show you can work. We are based out of Macon and travel all over the southeast. Hard work but the money is good. If interested check the company website bdindustrial.com
He's not interested in an actual job. This is a political rant. Try to keep up.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 12:06 pm to Vols&Shaft83
Posted on 5/1/14 at 12:25 pm to dawgsjw
come to Louisiana with that construction skill. If you can pass a background check for a TWIC card and pass a drug test, you can come to work right away as a helper in a plant. You can easily work your way up the ladder if you have any aptitude or intelligence at all. It's a gig that pays very well with long hours, and there are far far far more jobs than there are qualified people to work them around here.
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