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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Crawfish aren’t just essential to my restaurant, they’re central to our culture here in south Louisiana,” explained Jason Seither, owner of Seither’s Seafood in Harahan, Louisiana, just outside of ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

Matt is a New Orleans-based journalist who has written about food, events, and travel for national publications such as The New York Times, Lonely Planet, Fodor's Travel, Zagat, and Food & Wine. His ...