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Attn Crawfish Farmers, how will prices be this year? They should be cheap
Posted on 12/27/24 at 1:59 pm
Posted on 12/27/24 at 1:59 pm
There are no excuses. The temps are warmer. There has been plenty rain it seems way above average YTD rain, and gas prices are relatively affordable at $2.50 a gallon in some place. NO excuses. It should be cheap this year.
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Posted on 12/27/24 at 2:00 pm to Saunson69
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The temps are warmer
Prices go up
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There has been plenty rain it seems way above average YTD rain
Prices go up
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gas prices are relatively affordable
Prices go up
Posted on 12/27/24 at 2:20 pm to Saunson69
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It should be cheap this year.
What do you consider cheap?
Last year did indeed suck, but for 2022 and 2023, prices were pretty good considering the inflation situation.
Posted on 12/27/24 at 2:56 pm to Saunson69
They'll find a reason to keep the prices high as a giraffe's arse like usual.
Posted on 12/27/24 at 3:46 pm to Saunson69
They'll charge more this season to try to make up for last season. 
Posted on 12/27/24 at 4:13 pm to Saunson69
Place in sulphur is at $8.99/pound. This time last year they were $14.99 or $15.99/pound. So I’ll take that as a good sign
Posted on 12/27/24 at 5:13 pm to Saunson69
Have the farmers ever said “prices will go down”?
Posted on 12/27/24 at 7:24 pm to Saunson69
I was told by dealers that Texas restaurants will pay $1 or more per pound what the rate is in Louisiana. So dealers ship to Texas because it's a huge market therefore driving the prices up here until the spillway kicks in
Posted on 12/27/24 at 7:46 pm to done dancing
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I was told by dealers that Texas restaurants will pay $1 or more per pound what the rate is in Louisiana. So dealers ship to Texas because it's a huge market therefore driving the prices up here until the spillway kicks in
They pay the wholesalers much better. And they demand larger crawfish. As far as the wholesalers are concerned they can drive a truck to a single location and get paid 25% more, or they can hit 10 smaller locations in Louisiana and get paid less.
More and more farms are opening in East Texas though so hopefully it eventually helps us over here in Louisiana to lower our prices.
Posted on 12/27/24 at 8:21 pm to Saunson69
McDonald’s brought the McRib back about 4 days too soon. Unfortunately, we’re gonna have to pass that financial hit to consumers at about $1.09/lb
It sucks but it’s not something we can control, sorry bud
It sucks but it’s not something we can control, sorry bud
Posted on 12/27/24 at 8:27 pm to BigBinBR
I fell in love with shrimp again when the prices started going crazy years back. Then I found a reasonable blue crab source so I've adjusted. But like crabs they will push crawfish out of sight. Hope you're right about those east Texas growers. I blame all the LSU grads taking over Texas lol....
Posted on 12/27/24 at 8:30 pm to Saunson69
Temps are too warm, we had too much rain, Trump got elected, LSU didn’t win enough football games, so prices will be high again. At least until Easter, after which they will magically come down.
Posted on 12/27/24 at 8:36 pm to Saunson69
They will say that the small crop last year got over harvested and didn’t leave much seed crop for this year .
Posted on 12/27/24 at 9:26 pm to BigBinBR
East Texas will never affect the crawfish market. Water is scarce and expensive. There’s a limit on the amount of water they can use. There won’t be anymore crawfish production in East Texas it’ll actually get fewer and fewer.
Posted on 12/27/24 at 9:30 pm to Saunson69
Prices will be what they were in 2021/2022. It’s been a similar start quantity wise to those years with a similar price for December. So whatever you paid those years expect to pay similar. Prices shouldn’t go up anymore than they are now.
Posted on 12/27/24 at 10:02 pm to Saunson69
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The temps are warmer.
How can you say this? Our coldest weather is January - February
Posted on 12/28/24 at 12:23 am to Jack Daniel
He’s partially right. We had the warmest November on record. It helped them grow. So far the size has been really good for December.
Posted on 12/28/24 at 8:02 am to Saunson69
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There are no excuses. The temps are warmer. There has been plenty rain it seems way above average YTD rain, and gas prices are relatively affordable at $2.50 a gallon in some place. NO excuses. It should be cheap this year.
Just wait for the excuses, they happen every year no matter what, farmers will ALWAYS come up with something
Posted on 12/28/24 at 9:49 am to Saunson69
It's plain and simple...Texas (Houston and Dallas) is willing to pay higher prices so they sell to Texas and they charge us Texas prices.
For the last 15 years...the HEB in Conroe, TX has had cheaper prices on live crawfish than Tony's seafood. That should NOT happen.
I am NOT mad at the farmers for doing this...it's America...but don't bitch at me to buy LOCAL when you DO NOT sell local...at least not by the price standard.
For the last 15 years...the HEB in Conroe, TX has had cheaper prices on live crawfish than Tony's seafood. That should NOT happen.
I am NOT mad at the farmers for doing this...it's America...but don't bitch at me to buy LOCAL when you DO NOT sell local...at least not by the price standard.
This post was edited on 12/28/24 at 9:53 am
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