Drought contributed to high crawfish prices in Louisiana
12/13/2023 12:00:00 AM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
AFFECTED AREAS:
Louisiana
Start Date: 7/15/2023
- End Date: 3/31/2024
A restaurant owner in Belton, Texas gets his crawfish from Louisiana crawfish farmers who were finding fewer crawfish in the traps, likely due to drought this summer and colder weather at present. He typically would begin purchasing crawfish in early November through early December, but must wait until after Christmas this year. Prices for crawfish will likely remain high through Easter. The crawfish were smaller, too.
KCEN TV (Temple, Texas), Dec 13, 2023
Drought and cold weather were driving up crawfish prices in Louisiana to about $11 per pound.
WBRZ (Baton Rouge, La.), Dec 6, 2023
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