St. Landry Crawfish Farmers Begin Milling, Selling Rice

By Ann Maloney, NOLA.com, The Times-Picayune

As they do in many a pot and on many a plate in South Louisiana, crawfish and rice have long co-existed on James Rice Farms in Prairie Ronde. In January, however, the farmers began operating Prairie Ronde Rice mill, bagging the grain for retail and commercial sale.