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re: Louisiana requests federal assistance to help struggling crawfish farmers
Posted on 2/22/24 at 9:51 am to Sao
Posted on 2/22/24 at 9:51 am to Sao
quote:
Are you under an impression that air temp and ground temp at varied depth is the same?
No I’m not
So why don’t you post the historical averages or the number of freezes
Also if it can be done so easy like you say then you go do it
You’ll be rich
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Posted on 2/22/24 at 9:57 am to sosaysmorvant
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Can't make this up. Landry wants federal aid for crawfish farmers but declined federal aid for poor children
That’s my governor
Posted on 2/22/24 at 10:00 am to Midtiger farm
Why so angry? I've been cordial w every post ITT. But between your latest replies and other farmer's in the business from last night, this rice and crawfish 'climate' argument isn't making sense to.
How many rice crops do you plant and harvest per year? 1 or 2? If only 1, why?
Posted on 2/22/24 at 10:06 am to Sao
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Why so angry? I've been cordial w every post ITT. But between your latest replies and other farmer's in the business from last night, this rice and crawfish 'climate' argument isn't making sense to. How many rice crops do you plant and harvest per year? 1 or 2? If only 1, why?
You don’t know what you are arguing
2 but what does that have to do with Ark being too cold to successfully farm crawfish
The dividing line on ratoon crop rice on a normal year is Ville Platte
Posted on 2/22/24 at 10:08 am to Midtiger farm
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This post was edited on 3/12/24 at 3:59 pm
Posted on 2/22/24 at 10:14 am to Midtiger farm
Ok. I've added what you've asked for. This is just 2023 but the link has year by year if you need it. We're just comparing due to your assertion it's way too cold to produce bugs as any more than a novelty crop. Fascinating topic overall.
LINK
LINK
Posted on 2/22/24 at 10:18 am to Midtiger farm
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Maybe a few but your avg 55 year old rice farmer in sw LA with maybe one son that is farming with him isn’t looking to expand much
I don't know where you are in SWLA, but I do know if a farm come available, someone is going to plant it and most likely crawfish it.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 10:19 am to Midtiger farm
quote:
You don’t know what you are arguing
2 but what does that have to do with Ark being too cold to successfully farm crawfish
Because a colleague of yours ITT says rice producers like him only plant rice once and without crawfish, it's unsustainable. Agree or disagree
Posted on 2/22/24 at 10:21 am to Sao
You see those days under 30 degrees that stuttgart has that Lafayette doesn’t
I know you don’t believe it but that makes a difference
I hunt in ark - they have a week almost every winter where they are totally locked up
Last time we had that down here was the last time we had a bad crawfish season supply wise
And they can’t extend the season in Ark because those June and July temps would cause the crawfish to bury and their irrigation couldn’t keep up
I know you don’t believe it but that makes a difference
I hunt in ark - they have a week almost every winter where they are totally locked up
Last time we had that down here was the last time we had a bad crawfish season supply wise
And they can’t extend the season in Ark because those June and July temps would cause the crawfish to bury and their irrigation couldn’t keep up
Posted on 2/22/24 at 10:22 am to NorthshoreTiger76
As a proud crawfish farmer with over 10,000 acres dedicated to providing the highest quality crawfish at the lowest possible price, I want to thank Governor Landry for helping a dying industry that has seen plummeting profits. I’ve had to sell two vacation homes in the past four years bc it has gotten so bad. We need this, and we won’t forget it when election time comes
Posted on 2/22/24 at 10:26 am to Midtiger farm
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Last time we had that down here was the last time we had a bad crawfish season supply wise
And they can’t extend the season in Ark because those June and July temps would cause the crawfish to bury and their irrigation couldn’t keep up
So, all they have to do is mark up price due to supply/demand and seek a government subsidy, if needed.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 10:26 am to Sao
Do you really not understand there's a difference in temperature between south LA and all of Ark?
Go look at a hardiness zone map for a comparison
Go look at a hardiness zone map for a comparison
Posted on 2/22/24 at 10:28 am to SWLA92
quote:You understand that subsidies such as this help to create and exacerbate barriers to entry for “young farmers”? If not born into it or mentored/allowed to earn-in by someone with no heirs, etc. there’s a slim chance of new blood getting in the business.
The older farmers are getting out the business there’s just not enough young farmers anymore. No young person wants the headache of farming. You can’t just wake up one day and decide to farm.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 10:32 am to loogaroo
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don't know where you are in SWLA, but I do know if a farm come available, someone is going to plant it and most likely crawfish it.
Is Gueydan not in swla because there is plenty of ground that hasn’t been farmed there in a while
Plenty of land in Cameron/calcasieu /alllen that’s cow pasture instead of rice field now
South La would still have 500k acres of rice if every piece of ground that came available from a farmer going broke was picked up and still farmed
Posted on 2/22/24 at 10:35 am to White Bear
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not born into it or mentored/allowed to earn-in by someone with no heirs, etc. there’s a slim chance of new blood getting in the business.
There is plenty of land to be picked up to farm
Since you seem to know a bunch of people who want to start DM me their numbers and I’ll point them in the right direction
Posted on 2/22/24 at 10:43 am to Deactived
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Do you really not understand there's a difference in temperature between south LA and all of Ark?
I'm more beginning to learn this is about farmers cutting rice harvests for crawfish "season" to increase their price per pound produced/sold by acre. And when weather conditions affect that yield, expect the consumer and government to come in to maintain and subsidize the lucrative nature of the product.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 10:45 am to Midtiger farm
quote:if you’re talking about that poor arse dirt in SWLA then no thanks.
There is plenty of land to be picked up to farm Since you seem to know a bunch of people who want to start DM me their numbers and I’ll point them in the right direction
Posted on 2/22/24 at 10:51 am to White Bear
quote:
if you’re talking about that poor arse dirt in SWLA then no thanks
Yeah you would probably end up broke like the rest of the past carpetbaggers that came down here to “show us how to farm”
Posted on 2/22/24 at 10:52 am to Midtiger farm
quote:You boys ride a high horse.
Yeah you would probably end up broke like the rest of the past carpetbaggers that came down here to “show us how to farm”
Posted on 2/22/24 at 10:59 am to Honest Tune
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The cold storage with one of the three Crawfish Triumvirates is headed back out of town going towards Lawtell out of Eunice. That may be owned by the Riceland people, I’m not sure.
Right - Dexter Guillory, owner of Riceland Crawfish, also owned the cold storage facility, and his son was in charge of managing that specific aspect of the overall business (again, this was about a decade or so ago). If anything changed after Dexter’s passing I’m not aware of it though I know who to call if I needed to find out.
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