Louisiana Businessman is a Leader in Crawfish Farming, Having Invented the 'T' Rod
By Victoria Dodge, Lafayette Daily Advertiser
Fields of soy and open land flash by on rural Louisiana Highway 167 leading to Ville Platte. Like most two-lane highways in south Louisiana, there is a highly regarded boudin shop at an intersection and a small school that sits across from a Catholic church. But unlike most small highways, there also is a crawfish super store. Cary Lee and Jenny Robins, siblings and co-owners of the Crawfish Center, have everything needed for crawfish farming, from traps to waders to sacks and bait.