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 ...

Five Breaux Bridge men were cited this month by Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents for alleged crawfish violations in Lafayette Parish. Hunter Herrington, 26, Damien ...

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 ...

A 47-year-old man from the US town of Echo, Louisiana, was arrested last month following complaints from a local crawfish farmer who had his traps emptied overnight on multiple occasions, according to ...

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.

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NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - It is nearing peak harvesting season for Louisiana crawfish, but a shortage of migrants to peel them is hurting the industry, largely because of a fight over foreign guest ...