This year has been particularly bad for one of the deep South’s most prized exports: crawfish. The tiny lobster-like crustaceans are a $500 million industry that supports thousands of jobs, ...

ROANOKE, La. (WAFB) - Burt Tietje is a third generation Louisiana rice farmer who now spends half of his time harvesting crawfish. “We were a bunch of German grain farmers out here, but in 1970, we ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Crawfish season in Louisiana this year was heavily affected by the summer drought in 2023, an arctic blast and rising costs for farmers. Anyone who wanted to buy live or ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture approved emergency financial relief for struggling crawfish farmers and fisherman for a 2024 harvest that is down 50-90% across Louisiana, according to the Louisiana ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Crawfish is a multi-million dollar industry here in Louisiana, so when snow fell in South Louisiana, there was a concern for this year’s season. “I came out here and it was ...

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At Captain Sid's on Lake Avenue, customers are making their way in to get their first crawfish of the season. It's still ...

A Rapides Parish man was arrested Sunday and accused of stealing roughly 500 pounds of crawfish from a local farmer's traps in late April, according to the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office.

CROWLEY, La. (KLFY) – Things are returning to normal now that the ice has melted away from last week’s blizzard. Many people are wondering what that means for crawfish season. Scott Broussard, a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Crawfish season ...