Whitehouse Shrimp Farm Update
September 22, 2009

Thank you to all who participated in the 2nd Annual Whitehouse Shrimp Harvest!! We harvested nearly a ton of fresh water shrimp over the weekend. It required the hard work of thirty workers to collect close to two thousands pounds of shrimp over two days.

The shrimp is being sold in one pound bags for $15 and can be purchased at the Butterfly House located across the street from the Whitehouse Christmas Tree Farm on Obee Road in Whitehouse, Ohio.

 

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Shrimp Harvest September 19, 2009.



91109We started 2009 with the purchase of 20,000 juvenile shrimp. They were older juveniles and more mature than 2008. The initial water temperature of the pond hit 70 degrees Fahrenheit earlier this year (June 8th) which enabled us to have a longer growing season. Our harvest date was six days later than 2008, and the warm September 2009 spurred increased growth. Also, the maturity of the pond provided a greater amount of natural foods which also impacted the increased size of the shrimp in 2009.






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Duke & Martha Wheeler

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Duke and Martha Wheeler Shrimp August 22, 2009