I ordered 16 bags of AQ a couple weeks ago from my local dealer, but nothing has arrived yet. I guess this explains the delay, b/c the turnaround time in the past was fairly quick.

I was little lucky in that my dealer had a couple leftover bags of AQ600 with a July, 2014 manufacture date still in his storage. We opened them up and they appeared to be good. So I took them the same day that I placed my order. That'll tide me over for a little while.

With what I am reading in this thread, I am going to be proactive and contact the local Cargill dealer on Monday about sourcing some feed from them. I hate to do this, but....I don't want to be out of feed when the water warms up & the fish's appetites are kicking into gear.