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Break-even prices were developed based upon 1) a small prawn farm with a single 1-acre pond in Kentucky, and 2) a mediumsize to large prawn farm with 25 2-acre ponds in Mississippi (Posadas, 2004). Commercial data indicate that the size of prawn farms varies widely. The average farm size in Kentucky is 0.86 water . . . → Read More: Break-Even Prices Associated With Prawn Aquaculture Fixed investments in aquaculture farms (land, ponds/tanks, and equipment) are listed in Table 3. A small-scale prawn farm with a single 1-acre pond is estimated to need approximately $10,500 for these costs (excluding substrates). Sharing resources among several ponds reduces the per-acre fixed cost (e.g., $8,500 for a farm with two 1-acre ponds, . . . → Read More: Fixed And Variable Costs With Cultured Prawns Although commercial producers have tried to follow prawn management methods developed at aquaculture experiment stations in the U.S., small-scale commercial ponds are usually no match for well-supplied and well-managed experimental ponds. Therefore, farm-level production is usually inferior to production at experiment stations. Tables 1 and 2 summarize production data from commercial and experimental . . . → Read More: Experimental vs.commercial Production Results For Cultured Prawns |
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