Giant snails and tiny insects threaten the South’s rice and crawfish farms

Farmers in Louisiana are going toe-to-toe with some nasty enemies: apple snails that clog crawfish traps while laying ...

Labor shortages impact crawfish supply ahead of Valentine’s Day and Mardi Gras

Restaurants report that farms in Louisiana are struggling to keep up with demand due to a lack of workers, with delays in ...
WWNO

Crawfish prices are finally dropping, but farmers and fishers say they're still struggling

Adler Stelly on his boat in Abbeville, Louisiana on March 15, 2024. Stelly has been farming crawfish his entire life and said he's been hit hard by the drought. It's a cloudy day in mid-March, and ...
KLFY News 10

Kennedy reintroduces bill to support Louisiana crawfish farmers

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) reintroduced a bill Wednesday that would aid Louisiana crawfish farmers after a weather-related disaster. The bill, known as the Crawfish ...
Beaumont Enterprise on MSN

Crawfish season 2025 begins: What to expect with prices and supply

Crawfish season is gearing up, and after plentiful precipitation in the fall, farmers along the Louisiana and Texas coastal regions are forecasting a “normal” or good season. The majority of crawfish ...
The Advocate

A Louisiana crawfish farm put a viral peeling tool to the test. Does it really work?

A crawfish farm and shipping facility in north Louisiana tested a viral innovation that is designed to make a seasonal, seconds-long task even faster for residents of the Bayou State. In an Instagram ...

Giant snails stifle production on Louisiana crawfish farms

Farmers in Louisiana are going toe-to-toe with a nasty enemy: large apple snails that clog crawfish traps while laying ...