I store food over winter purposefully. The reason being I want to start feeding about mid to late March and for some reason feed stores and Purina seem to think fish feeding in this are doesn't start for month or two later. So I always have problem sourcing feed early in the season.

I have some blue plastic barrels with lid tops that I just dump the feed out of the bag (mice, rats and coons will get into the bags) and can store several bags that way. It always smells fine and feeds fine the next spring.

There is some argument that essential vitamins may be lost through extended storage and I suspect that to be the case. But from my perspective slightly poorer feed is better than no feed and any feed I can source early in the spring would be lower quality 32% protein stuff so storing it seems the best compromise for me.

John

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