I guess with all the anti-smoking campaigns going on it makes sense to have Kentucky farmers find crops other than tobacco. However, I had no idea that there were any local shrimp farms. My sons favorite sea food is shrimp. I wonder if these farms give tours to the public. That would be pretty cool to see.
Here's a Tri-state business we bet you didn't know was big - shrimp farming.
And it's one cash crop that's benefitting from our long and dry summer.
Bluegrass Shrimp Farm does business by the pound come late September, as people come from all over to fish out the shrimp.
By the time this harvest is over, Bluegrass Farms will have sold out of freshwater shrimp, also known as prawns.
They're all grown right in northern Kentucky.
This year's catch is especially good, thanks to dry days.
The Bluegrass Farm has three main ponds of shrimp, all of which have taken the warm weather so well, the farm harvested about 1,000 pounds this year.
It takes about four months before the prawns are ready to harvest.
Bluegrass Shrimp Farm has been in business over a decade. There are about 30 such farms in the state, and this "saltwater free" seafood has caught on big time.
What started out as a big experiment has taken off swimmingly.
Shrimp farming in the Tri-state started when the state of Kentucky's Department of Agriculture decided farmers needed to diversify, and find a replacement for the state's tobacco crop.
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