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re: Crawfish peeling plants are empty of workers, all hope lost - Here we Go!! $$$$$
Posted on 3/11/26 at 9:32 pm to Midtiger farm
Posted on 3/11/26 at 9:32 pm to Midtiger farm
Well...sounds like work for the truck drivers and loaders at Least. Someone just needs to invent crawfish peeling robots and be done with it
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Posted on 3/11/26 at 9:32 pm to ClientNumber9
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Relying on subverting the market with poor/slave labor hurts American labor.
But that argument doesn't apply in this case where they are paid above local market wages for similar labor classes.
You said $12/hour, which is laughably low for this job, but relatively high for the class of people who should want these jobs but choose the $10/hour jobs that aren't fulltime instead.
Posted on 3/11/26 at 9:38 pm to Shexter
I’ve eaten a lot of crawfish and I’ve never had anyone peel one for me. What’s the problem here?
Posted on 3/11/26 at 9:40 pm to Post It Bandit
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I’ll peel my own crawfish
2nd that. Buy a sack or two. Boil, eat what you want at that sitting. Peel and save the rest in freezer. Not that complicated. What happened 15 years ago without these workers?
Posted on 3/11/26 at 9:49 pm to Shexter
don;t feel bad. hire normal people and pay normal wages.
if we could rid ourselves of China products then more of these things could normalize
if we could rid ourselves of China products then more of these things could normalize
Posted on 3/11/26 at 9:49 pm to Midtiger farm
I'm gonna roll up to Home Depot before my boil this Sunday. I had no idea I could get Mexicans to peel crawfish onsite.
Posted on 3/11/26 at 10:06 pm to Midtiger farm
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No they won’t - just like they never actually do as the season goes along Another dumb OT myth
Well baws, looks like the OT has its very own crawfish mafia goodfella.
Posted on 3/11/26 at 10:10 pm to Shexter
It’s about time we stop these crawfish oligarchs like Strain.
Posted on 3/11/26 at 10:12 pm to Midtiger farm
If the crawfish Farmers had to pay American workers an hourly wage instead of a per the pound wage, then they couldn't drive their f350s and have two story houses. But they won't do that. They would rather just cry about it and try to get the government to give them subsidies.
Posted on 3/11/26 at 10:29 pm to Shexter
Strain’s fatass could eat all the crawfish not getting peeled and beg for seconds
Posted on 3/11/26 at 10:30 pm to Shexter
So there is a crazy idea that would work.
What if they hired legal workers and paid them actual decent pay?
What if they hired legal workers and paid them actual decent pay?
Posted on 3/11/26 at 10:32 pm to Fat and Happy
Here’s another crazy idea. Boil and peel your own damn crawfish.
Posted on 3/11/26 at 11:04 pm to ClientNumber9
quote:Bingo. Over target.
Second, they do NOT go home. They pop out 4 US citizen kids that soak the American taxpayer while the farmer gets rich.
Posted on 3/11/26 at 11:50 pm to OutOfNames
No you’re not
Posted on 3/12/26 at 5:41 am to Midtiger farm
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The live/boiled market can’t move all the crawfish
Also, I’m sure there’s still demand for peeled crawfish from restaurants that serve etouffee and such, correct? Plus the packs sold at stores for shoppers to cook at home.
Posted on 3/12/26 at 5:43 am to ragincajun03
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Also, I’m sure there’s still demand for peeled crawfish from restaurants that serve etouffee and such, correct? Plus the packs sold at stores for shoppers to cook at home.
Yes
The dumbasses here saying we’ll just peel our own know zero about the crawfish industry or ag in general
Posted on 3/12/26 at 5:43 am to Spankum
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or I’ll get them from China
Frick that. I don’t buy seafood from places like China and Vietnam that farm them practically in sewage fields and tanks, with likely forced child labor involved.
Posted on 3/12/26 at 5:43 am to deltaland
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Should make live crawfish cheaper as demand for them will plummet
Demand won’t plummet, but supply will explode.
Basically price should drop but due to the other part of that equation.
This post was edited on 3/12/26 at 5:45 am
Posted on 3/12/26 at 5:50 am to Hampton
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HamptonIf the crawfish Farmers had to pay American workers an hourly wage instead of a per the pound wage, then they couldn't drive their f350s and have two story houses. But they won't do that. They would rather just cry about it and try to get the government to give them subsidies.
Might be the dumbest post here and that’s saying a lot
This is not a direct crawfish farmer issue
The h2b rate is around $20/hr - most peelers make more getting paid by the pound
This is a 4month job- you will make 20k + in those 4 months - probably more than half the jobs in these small towns
When you apply for visas- you have to advertise to Americans in local/regional papers and online - aren’t many takers
Posted on 3/12/26 at 5:55 am to Shexter
He could maybe make a little less profit and pay legal citizens to peel the crawfish.
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