date:Feb 16, 2013
of Agriculture marketing grant. Additional funding helped them purchase $30,000 in steel trailers and hauling tanks to bring the prawns to the processing plant in North Carolina.
The 2-acre ponds are stocked with a density of 800 to 1,000 pounds per acre, says Jacobs, although that doesnt always translate to the final count. Most of the farmers business is with distributors in Chicago and California that can pay more for the product. People here cant spend $12 to $14 a pound, she explains, so