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Feasting on Agriculture: High Prices & Empty Traps -- Louisiana Crawfish Farmers Facing Historic Season

It’s finally crawfish season!  It’s a time Louisianans start anticipating the moment they take their last bite of crawfish the previous season.  But this year there’s a caveat: crawfish is in short supply, and if you are lucky enough to find a sack, the prices are through the roof.

For this month’s “Feasting on Agriculture” segment, we traveled back to Four Oaks Crawfish Farm in Morganza to visit the Frey family and find out why crawfish farmers across the state are facing such an unprecedented situation.  

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