ROANOKE, La. (WAFB) - Burt Tietje is a third generation Louisiana rice farmer who now spends half of his time harvesting crawfish. “We were a bunch of German grain farmers out here, but in 1970, we ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Crawfish is a multi-million dollar industry here in Louisiana, so when snow fell in South Louisiana, there was a concern for this year’s season. “I came out here and it was ...

HAMSHIRE, TX -- Crawfish, mudbugs, crawdaddys; no matter what you call them, they're downright delicious. Whether you're ordering them by the pound at a local restaurant, or pulling them from the ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) reintroduced a bill Wednesday that would aid Louisiana crawfish farmers after a weather-related disaster. The bill, known as the Crawfish ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Move over, Christmas – crawfish season has arrived. It’s here much earlier than usual, as harvesting operations across the state usually begin around January. This is great ...

A collision of conservation efforts in rural Louisiana has pitted crawfish ponds and tree planting against one another, illustrating some of the new complications being created by the emerging market ...

Louisiana's small towns hold some of the state's most memorable meals, where generations-old recipes meet warm hospitality.

A 47-year-old man from the US town of Echo, Louisiana, was arrested last month following complaints from a local crawfish farmer who had his traps emptied overnight on multiple occasions, according to ...

They go by a variety of names. Some call them crawfish, crayfish or crawdads. Others dub them mudbugs, ditchbugs, yabbies — even freshwater lobsters. But no matter what you call them, they reach their ...

ROANOKE, La. (WVUE) - Burt Tietje is a third-generation Louisiana rice farmer, who now spends half of his time harvesting crawfish. The German grain farmers who settled in Jefferson Davis Parish ...