Quality Is The Key For Simmons Catfish
Eat Drink Mississippi|February/March 2017

Placing emphasis on quality, Simmons Farm Raised Catfish has been a successful leader in the catfish industry for almost 40 years produces millions of pounds of fish each year on the company’s farm in Yazoo City. 

Gennie Taylor
Quality Is The Key For Simmons Catfish

Simmons Catfish sets quality as their priority, said Katy Simmons Prosser, Marketing and Brand Development Director and daughter to founder Harry Simmons, Jr.

“Quality is a key difference for us at Simmons,” Prosser said. “It is something we are known for in the catfish industry. About half of our products are hand cut, which also makes our product stand out for its clean presentation. We also chill our fish immediately upon arrival to the plant which keeps our fish as fresh as possible.”

“Also, with more and more people understanding and caring where their food comes from, we hope people will start to choose U.S. grown catfish when given the choice,” Prosser said.

Farm-raised catfish is the largest aquaculture industry in the United States and Simmons is one of the largest catfish farms in the state of Mississippi.

In 2005, the U.S. catfish industry produced 600 million pounds of catfish from 165,000 pond water acres. Mississippi produced 350 million pounds, or 55 percent, of all U. S. catfish production in 2005, and Mississippians produced this amount in only 100,000 pond water acres.

Today, Simmons Catfish produces between 18-20 million pounds of catfish per year on more than 2,000 acres.

The Simmons family has perfected the art of producing some of the highest quality catfish in the country on the Simmons Catfish farm. Simmons Catfish’s production plant employs around 250 people. Many of these employees include friends and family members such as Prosser.

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