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Business Beat
5:42 pm
Wed January 9, 2013

Drought hurts fish farmers; USDA open to helping women, Hispanic farmers

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Fish farmer Steve Kahrs stands between a drained catfish pond and an active one.
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Coming up we’ll take a look at how the drought affected an outdoor industry completely dependent on water. But first, the United States Department of Agriculture is currently accepting claims from female and Hispanic farmers who believe the agency discriminated against them in farm loan or loan servicing programs. As Harvest Public Media’s Amy Mayer reports, the claims process is complex—but the payouts could be large.

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Business
2:48 pm
Thu January 3, 2013

Drought Puts The Squeeze On Already Struggling Fish Farms

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Catfish swim in a tub outside the Osage Catfisheries office.
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Osage Catfisheries drained this catfish pond to make room for another, potentially more lucrative species, such as paddlefish or bass.
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Originally published on Thu January 3, 2013 5:10 pm

This year's drought delivered a pricey punch to US aquaculture, the business of raising fish like bass and catfish for food. Worldwide, aquaculture has grown into a $119 billion industry, but the lack of water and high temperatures in 2012 hurt many U.S. fish farmers who were already struggling to compete on a global scale.

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