Local Farmers Local Fish: Osage Catfisheries

In this Local Farmers Local Fish episode, we visited a fish farm in Missouri's lush, forested hills and heard from Steve Kahrs, the co-owner of Osage Catfisheries Inc. Steve describes his dad's journey from serving his county to farming fish and more. Osage Catfisheries is a second-generation family-owned aquaculture business. Established in the 1950s, the farm raised small fish, known as bait fish, and sold them locally from a small bait shop located on the farm. Watch the video to hear how the farm's history unfolded.
To learn more about Osage Fisheries, visit their website. www.osagecatfis...
This is a collaborative project of Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant, the North Central Regional Aquaculture Center, Purdue University’s Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Illinois Extension, and the Great Lakes Sea Grant Network and was supported by U.S. Department of Agriculture grant no. 2016-38500-28887, the National Institute of Food and Agriculture and National Sea Grant funding source no. NA22OAR4170100. If there are closed captioning issues with this video, please send us an email at [e-mail].