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re: “We just don’t have enough water”: Louisiana crawfish farmer on unprecedented drought
Posted on 11/29/23 at 2:16 pm to ragincajun03
Posted on 11/29/23 at 2:16 pm to ragincajun03
Not surprised
We are having to have our subdivision pond we attached to a water well because of low water.
We are having to have our subdivision pond we attached to a water well because of low water.
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Posted on 11/29/23 at 7:06 pm to SWLA92
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SWLA92
Since you seem to know your shite when you post in these crawfish threads, when do you think any crawfish will start being available?
Is this lack of water going to push things back quite a bit?
Posted on 11/29/23 at 7:09 pm to ragincajun03
I know that dude
Posted on 11/29/23 at 7:52 pm to ragincajun03
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Crawfish prices stacked. Crawfish eaters fricked.
Always
Posted on 11/29/23 at 7:59 pm to ragincajun03
Seafood is disgusting as frick anyway. I’ll stick to eating my steaks and deli sandwiches
This post was edited on 11/29/23 at 8:00 pm
Posted on 11/29/23 at 8:00 pm to JasonDBlaha
Probably high class dining for you
Posted on 11/29/23 at 8:05 pm to JasonDBlaha
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Seafood is disgusting as frick anyway. I’ll stick to eating my steaks and deli sandwiches
Why are you talking about seafood in a crawfish thread?
Posted on 11/29/23 at 8:08 pm to The Torch
Chinese weather ballon with salt lasers flying over the US has wreaked havoc.
Posted on 11/29/23 at 8:09 pm to notiger1997
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Probably high class dining for you
They got plenty of 5-star steakhouses near Houston that I can go to. I can assure you that they are way more “higher class” than any of those bacteria-infested seafood restaurant shacks in South Louisiana that you like to eat at
This post was edited on 11/29/23 at 8:11 pm
Posted on 11/29/23 at 8:14 pm to ragincajun03
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This is probably the worst drought we’ve had since the 90's,” said Kaplan Farmer Christian Richard.
The southeastern drought was in 1993. Crawfish prices were $0.50/lb which was some of the lowest crawfish prices in the decade. Again this is just crawfishermen trying to cash in.
Posted on 11/29/23 at 8:23 pm to BigBinBR
quote:Chips were less than 2 bucks a big bag then, too. Shad was less than 10 bucks a box, if I remember correctly.
The southeastern drought was in 1993. Crawfish prices were $0.50/lb which was some of the lowest crawfish prices in the decade. Again this is just crawfishermen trying to cash in.
Posted on 11/29/23 at 8:26 pm to ragincajun03
We’re hoping for 2/4 inches of rain to flush out some salt water for ponds down south of kaplan.
And y’all just don’t know squat if y’all think farmers have anything to do with prices. But whatever.
I just hope that we have any crawfish at all this year.
And y’all just don’t know squat if y’all think farmers have anything to do with prices. But whatever.
I just hope that we have any crawfish at all this year.
Posted on 11/29/23 at 8:29 pm to The Mick
One of the wells in one of our fields came with a $5000 electricity bill. For one single month during last summers rice crop.
We have wells in some fields .. not everyone is set up that way. But it’s $$ to keep them running. But rice has to have water and so do crawfish.
We have wells in some fields .. not everyone is set up that way. But it’s $$ to keep them running. But rice has to have water and so do crawfish.
Posted on 11/29/23 at 8:56 pm to ragincajun03
Telling us that crawfish prices are going to be higher than giraffe vajayjay this year
Posted on 11/29/23 at 9:09 pm to notiger1997
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Since you seem to know your shite when you post in these crawfish threads, when do you think any crawfish will start being available?
Is this lack of water going to push things back quite a bit?
There will be plenty crawfish. The ponds were flooded to grow rice and are now reflooded for crawfish. There's plenty of acreage that has deep wells North of the salt water intrusion.
The biggest gripe is the cost of flooding, but they flooded.
Posted on 11/29/23 at 9:48 pm to notiger1997
There’s usually around 390,000 acres of crawfish ponds in Louisiana on a given year I would guess to say there will be around 300,000 acres this year due to land not having enough water to flood their acres mainly in Vermillion and Jeff Davis parishes so I think overall from a production standpoint there will be less crawfish on the market this year just from the drop in acres. I still think there will be early crawfish this year usually by the first of the year boil n gos start opening up and I think if there’s any delays it might be just a week or two later than normal
Posted on 11/29/23 at 9:53 pm to BigBinBR
You have to look at the big picture everyday things are up food utilities fuel etc why would y’all think crawfish would be any different I really wish some of y’all could spend a day on the farm to see what all goes into from labor fuel bait repairs we don’t think we should get paid a fortune we just want to pay our bills. When boil n go prices are $9lb to start the season just remember the farmer who does all the work to get the crawfish out the field is only getting $4lb
Posted on 11/29/23 at 10:02 pm to The Torch
quote:California Sacramento valley flood plain is where it's going
China is in the game
Posted on 11/29/23 at 10:13 pm to loogaroo
The drought does seem to be affecting things much more than you state. Most restaurants here usually have crawfish the second week of November. Here we are at the end and nothing yet around me, nor have I heard any rumblings. Weather has been great aside from natural water.
Posted on 11/29/23 at 10:17 pm to SWLA92
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I really wish some of y’all could spend a day on the farm to see what all goes into from labor fuel bait repairs we don’t think we should get paid a fortune we just want to pay our bills.
Preach. We needed a new combine (new to us). My husband was super worried about the decision and was having chest pains. We got him checked out and beset and all was fine. It was stress .. once he found the right machine and made the deal, pains all went away.
I think it is like any other occupation — you never know what’s involved until you’re in it.
This post was edited on 11/29/23 at 10:20 pm
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