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So how high are crawfish prices going to be?
Posted on 1/5/12 at 8:27 pm
Posted on 1/5/12 at 8:27 pm
Anyone bought any yet?
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Posted on 1/5/12 at 8:34 pm to William Munny
>$3 a pound right now
Posted on 1/5/12 at 8:38 pm to William Munny
They will be high as balls on a giraffe. The reasons for the high prices will be:
1. Atchafalaya Basin flooded during he summer.
2. Drought in Atchafalaya Basin and everywhere else in LA.
3. Mild winter
4. Cold as shite in a few weeks when the harvest commences.
5. Obama is regulating the production of Brazilian crawfish.
6. BP
Expect $5 per ounce the first few months, then gradually get to $5 per lb after Easter.
1. Atchafalaya Basin flooded during he summer.
2. Drought in Atchafalaya Basin and everywhere else in LA.
3. Mild winter
4. Cold as shite in a few weeks when the harvest commences.
5. Obama is regulating the production of Brazilian crawfish.
6. BP
Expect $5 per ounce the first few months, then gradually get to $5 per lb after Easter.
Posted on 1/5/12 at 9:29 pm to 4LSU2
I actually think crawfish should be abundant this year. Mild winter is good, though I'm unsure about the water levels.
Posted on 1/5/12 at 9:37 pm to TJG210
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I actually think crawfish should be abundant this year.
numbers are way down from last year at this time
Posted on 1/6/12 at 5:54 am to William Munny
My son insisted on having some for his birthday this week, so we ordered some from Sammys. They usually have pretty decent sized crawfish, and I have to say, these were the smallest I've ever seen outside of those I caught for bait on my trotline.
Posted on 1/6/12 at 6:36 am to Icansee4miles
Last year they said the flooding would hurt for that season but we should have a bumper crop this season.
That coupled with a mild winter to date should produce a good crop but like with everything else in life these days, nobody is going to lower the price so be prepared for a whole slew of BS reasons why the crop is terrible. I see another bottom of $2.50 which is the lowest they got around me last year but probably closer to $3.00 until later in the season. Oh and of course super high now because it is so early in the season.
That coupled with a mild winter to date should produce a good crop but like with everything else in life these days, nobody is going to lower the price so be prepared for a whole slew of BS reasons why the crop is terrible. I see another bottom of $2.50 which is the lowest they got around me last year but probably closer to $3.00 until later in the season. Oh and of course super high now because it is so early in the season.
Posted on 1/6/12 at 8:06 am to William Munny
Another year, another round of BS excuses from crawfish farmers about a bad crop.
One year, its too much rain, then next year its not enough...same old shite
One year, its too much rain, then next year its not enough...same old shite
Posted on 1/6/12 at 8:18 am to Icansee4miles
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so we ordered some from Sammys. They usually have pretty decent sized crawfish, and I have to say, these were the smallest I've ever seen outside of those I caught for bait on my trotline.
Ordered some at Sammy's a couple of nights ago. They were very good and a little on the small side, but they were excactly what I expected for this time of year.
Posted on 1/6/12 at 8:20 am to slinger1317
farmers don't set the prices, the market does
Posted on 1/6/12 at 10:12 am to yellowfin
THis about the prices. And I can tell you in our area farmers are changing the way that they farm rice which affects the crawfish crop.
Farmers are using conservation methods (drilling rice to plant it dry as opposed to flying it in water). Therefore water isn't held year round (too expensive to do this really if you have wells with gas engines as opposed to electric motors) and the lack of water is what seems to be hurting the crawfish.
Husband has been farming for 15 years and we've had pretty good crawfish years for the most part (except for 1 or w in late 90s, early 2000s due to drought) but lately he's noticed the decrease in crawfish since changing planting/farming methods.
And NO it's not worth it to go back to the OLD methods (I asked him this) because the cost is higher and the rice crop was not as bountiful.
Farmers are using conservation methods (drilling rice to plant it dry as opposed to flying it in water). Therefore water isn't held year round (too expensive to do this really if you have wells with gas engines as opposed to electric motors) and the lack of water is what seems to be hurting the crawfish.
Husband has been farming for 15 years and we've had pretty good crawfish years for the most part (except for 1 or w in late 90s, early 2000s due to drought) but lately he's noticed the decrease in crawfish since changing planting/farming methods.
And NO it's not worth it to go back to the OLD methods (I asked him this) because the cost is higher and the rice crop was not as bountiful.
Posted on 1/6/12 at 11:09 am to yellowfin
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farmers don't set the prices, the market does
the farmers control the markets!! come on man...
Posted on 1/6/12 at 11:15 am to gmrkr5
supply and demand controls the market
Posted on 1/6/12 at 11:15 am to yellowfin
quote:farmers control supply, thus controlling the market. So while they don't specifically "set" prices, they have a large hand in influencing prices.
farmers don't set the prices, the market does
This post was edited on 1/6/12 at 11:16 am
Posted on 1/6/12 at 11:17 am to NaturalBeam
they can't really control what they catch, they catch as much as they can
Posted on 1/6/12 at 11:19 am to NaturalBeam
its part supply and demand and part BS by the farmers
crawfish are gonna sell, even if they are 3 bucks a pound
crawfish are gonna sell, even if they are 3 bucks a pound
Posted on 1/6/12 at 11:21 am to yellowfin
quote:Of course, but they can also hold back supply for the prices they want. I don't necessarily blame them, every business that deals with natural resources does the same thing. But they're still doing it.
they can't really control what they catch, they catch as much as they can
Posted on 1/6/12 at 11:21 am to yellowfin
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they can't really control what they catch, they catch as much as they can
they can sure control when and where they fish though. everybody knows you have some close ties with the industry/farmers but don't try to play the fool with that supply and demand shite.
Posted on 1/6/12 at 11:23 am to NaturalBeam
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Of course, but they can also hold back supply for the prices they want.
exactly
Posted on 1/6/12 at 11:28 am to NaturalBeam
there's not a farmer I know that's gonna hold anything back unless the price drops below a dollar
The demand part is what has kept the price so high the last few years. 20 years ago you couldn't hardly get crawfish very far outside Louisiana and now they truck them all over the southeast. Plus they now ship them overnight all over the country. Dallas, Okalahoma City, Atlanta, Birmingham, Tallahasse, etc all have demands for crawfish now.
The demand part is what has kept the price so high the last few years. 20 years ago you couldn't hardly get crawfish very far outside Louisiana and now they truck them all over the southeast. Plus they now ship them overnight all over the country. Dallas, Okalahoma City, Atlanta, Birmingham, Tallahasse, etc all have demands for crawfish now.
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