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re: Crawfishing Selling Clowns
Posted on 1/28/24 at 5:02 pm to GVT
Posted on 1/28/24 at 5:02 pm to GVT
quote:
I'll do without crawfish this year. Not paying ridiculous prices.
I’m often amazed at how many people around here practically worship crawfish. I’ll eat them if there’s a boil, but they certainly aren’t a necessity.
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Posted on 1/28/24 at 5:02 pm to GVT
quote:
I'll do without crawfish this year. Not paying ridiculous prices
Agree. Only way to affect them is to hit them in their wallets. It’s gotten way out of hand.
Posted on 1/28/24 at 5:03 pm to The Torch
A business trying to paint a pretty picture for their customers and encourage them to come in. Crazy!
Posted on 1/28/24 at 5:04 pm to Sao
Lent starts in almost 2 weeks, you can’t just put traps out the day before lent and start catching. You have to start running the ponds to get the crawfish to start moving. Easter is March 31st you have to take advantage of Lent because after Easter the demand goes down. That is why most crawfish festivals are after Easter less demand.
Posted on 1/28/24 at 5:05 pm to Midtiger farm
About 10-12 years ago. I guess the industry is on board with global warming too, right? Nobody ever mentions fuel prices have more to do with it than anything. Costs more to fill up a tank, paying the delivery guy, and work visas for the illegals to catch them. Inflation, inflation, inflation.
Posted on 1/28/24 at 5:05 pm to SixthAndBarone
quote:
A business trying to paint a pretty picture for their customers and encourage them to come in for a gouging? Crazy!
Posted on 1/28/24 at 5:05 pm to financetiger
quote:Are the prices this high now just on a whim of greed?
It’s gotten way out of hand
Posted on 1/28/24 at 5:08 pm to financetiger
quote:
Only way to affect them is to hit them in their wallets
Poor people are too stupid to know what “hit them in the wallet” means so they will mortgage the trailer to have a crawfish boil no matter the cost
Well off/rich people don’t give a frick and will still buy crawfish no matter what the cost is.
When it comes to crawfish, just like gas, no matter what the price is, people are still going to pay for it.
Posted on 1/28/24 at 5:08 pm to LegendInMyMind
Owners are probably paying $8.50-$9lb
Posted on 1/28/24 at 5:09 pm to tgrbaitn08
quote:
Poor people are too stupid to know what “hit them in the wallet” means so they will mortgage the trailer to have a crawfish boil no matter the cost
Yep
Posted on 1/28/24 at 5:17 pm to ChestRockwell
Fuel prices were up more the last 2 years. Fuel prices are cheaper this year than 2 years ago, and the average price for the whole season was no more than normal. The price of crawfish is simple, supply and demand. There’s no supply and high demand. No supply because of the Drought conditions this past year. Once again Farmers don’t call the price because if we did the prices the last 2 years would have been higher to offset the fuel and labor prices.
Posted on 1/28/24 at 5:22 pm to The Torch
DFW people have more money than sense.
Buying crawfish end of Jan is dumb.
Paying those prices is dumber.
If people did not pay those prices they would come down fast. Crawfish spoils once it’s at the restaurant
Buying crawfish end of Jan is dumb.
Paying those prices is dumber.
If people did not pay those prices they would come down fast. Crawfish spoils once it’s at the restaurant
Posted on 1/28/24 at 5:42 pm to LSUFanHouston
Once again on a normal season pond crawfish are plentiful in January, prices are usually $2.50-$3.50lb from the farmer, which puts prices for boiled around $5-$7lb and they come down throughout the season. There’s nothing that can be done about the low supply right now. If you don’t want to buy crawfish at $11lb+ boiled that’s completely fine just wait. It will come down gradually, but if some people want to buy it right now they have the right to.
Posted on 1/28/24 at 5:49 pm to The Torch
quote:
our price to $14.95
Can get prime ribeye from Costco almost for that price.
Posted on 1/28/24 at 5:50 pm to SWLA92
The market is set by the clowns in Pierre Part. Been like that for years.
Posted on 1/28/24 at 5:52 pm to ChestRockwell
I know that’s my point. Farmers get whatever the market price is. Price is usually set every Monday. There’s a crawfish board that get together and make the price
Posted on 1/28/24 at 5:55 pm to The Torch
It doesn’t matter what they cost if your able to use an EBT food stamp card to buy them!
I’ve been into several stores that sell crawfish that had people ahead of me buying them. Every single one paid with a La Purchase Card!
So stupid to allow that to happen.
And of course they pull out a wad of cash to pay for the beer to go with them.
I’ve been into several stores that sell crawfish that had people ahead of me buying them. Every single one paid with a La Purchase Card!
So stupid to allow that to happen.
And of course they pull out a wad of cash to pay for the beer to go with them.
Posted on 1/28/24 at 6:03 pm to Midtiger farm
quote:
What other year has most of the state been in D4 drought for 6 months of the year?
2011. The timing was a little different, as there was some relief around the time this current drought really set in, but not enough to help a whole lot. That drought lingered to some degree for the better part of two years.
I'd like to know how prices compared between these two timeframes, accounting for inflation, of course.
This post was edited on 1/28/24 at 6:06 pm
Posted on 1/28/24 at 6:05 pm to financetiger
quote:
Agree. Only way to affect them is to hit them in their wallets. It’s gotten way out of hand.
What if I told you "they" are already being hit in the wallet? You probably wouldn't understand that, though.
Posted on 1/28/24 at 6:07 pm to SWLA92
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There’s a crawfish board that get together and make the price
More like a group text
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