Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Feeding Aquamax local pricing, just curious.

Ok way behind on work but popped in to PB today. Quickly, Cargill is big so they have many labels. I will not address the sportsman, nutrena, etc. We are carrying their aquafeed. They also have an aquaxcel product. This is for fingerlings in smaller extruded pellet sizes. 0.3 to 3.2 mm. I agree love to test to see what works but man they have a bunch of formulations. They do this because they mainly sell to aquaculture and design feeds for specific sizes and species. Since not having test for prove next best thing is ask. Several very reputable hatcheries have been using this feed. That means a lot to me they have to use what is most cost effective to make it in business.
After meeting with David Hines I have decided to go with 42-12 as the one I want to stock in house. It has to be simple here. The 45-12 is preferred for max bluegill growth and also choice for feed trained bass. However for cost reasons I�m going with the 42-12. This is far superior to 32% catfish food or the 36% protein stuff we carried last year. I had started using a 40-10 but my price is slight better for this 42-12 from Cargill. Eric the label is poor marketing David told me the 42-12 had higher fish meal than aquamax but they simply label it all under animal protein. Again their market has always been for aquaculture not for recreational.
We will be able to ship as few as 20 bags to clients and even with freight come in close to aquamax pricing. There are several pellet sizes to choose from as well. Sometimes it might take a couple of weeks to make they have to run several tons at a time. If you can take 40-60 bags then you really start to see some much better fish food prices due to less fright per bag and it appears to be a better product. We can get the 45-12 as well if wanting some monster size bluegill. For trout 48-18 available as well. Anyway I hope this is helpful.