FARMER GROWS FISH IN OLD HOG BARNS, SHOWS VALUE OF DIVERSIFYING FARMS
April 10, 2008
April 10, 2008
COLUMBIA, Mo., April 10 -- The University of Missouri College of Food & Natural Resources issued the following news release:
Abandoning the hog business to start a fish farm may seem an odd choice in Missouri, but that's exactly what Higginsville, Mo., farmer Ellis Dieckhoff did when he converted his hog barns into a hatchery for bluegill, which he sells as bait fish.
The move set Dieckhoff apart from his neighbors, who raise livestock or crops. But diversifying . . .
Abandoning the hog business to start a fish farm may seem an odd choice in Missouri, but that's exactly what Higginsville, Mo., farmer Ellis Dieckhoff did when he converted his hog barns into a hatchery for bluegill, which he sells as bait fish.
The move set Dieckhoff apart from his neighbors, who raise livestock or crops. But diversifying . . .