Article: Lawmakers Celebrate Opening of Tri City, Ky., Cooperative Catfish Plant.

By Joe Walker, The Paducah Sun, Ky. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jun. 5--TRI CITY, Ky.--Fried catfish filled the plates of Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Billy Ray Smith and about 25 lawmakers who visited this tiny farming burg in southeast Graves County Monday to dedicate the state's first cooperative catfish processing plant.

The plant is expected to be at its peak within two years, employing 15 to 20 people to process a million pounds a year of protein-fed channel catfish.

Smith and House Speaker Jody Richards helped cut the ribbon for the plant on Ky. 97 just south of the Tri City intersection before heading to a catfish buffet ...

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