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Posted by: STONERS 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Rick Moyer gazes at the sun-charred bottom of the pond next to his 600-acre catfish farm and shakes his head another farmer scrambling to stay solvent has drained the pond and will till it for row crops.

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STONERS2 months, 2 weeks ago

"The casinos that had been bustling along the Mississippi River in the northern part of the Delta have started to see layoffs. That's one less option for former workers at catfish farms in the nearly dozen counties in the Delta, where unemployment runs in double digits in some areas."
"The real problem I see is that after the decline of the catfish industry, these displaced workers, they have no place to go," said state Rep. Willie Bailey, D-Greenville. "These are nontransferable skills to other jobs in the Delta."

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  CaptainLucid2 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Problem is Chinese crap keeping the costs down. They use loads of antibiotics and crap to keep the fish alive in sewage. No one should ever buy Chinese fish. Of course W is fighting country of origin laws. Their excuse is that people wouldn't want to buy Chinese food products. The obvious solution, inspect and test and put your companies reputation behind the product. The W solution, make sure people can't make that decision for themselves.
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