The LSU AgCenter Needs Your Help to Update Crawfish Data

The LSU AgCenter continues to be a leading resource in crawfish data. Many of you know, LSU and their data sources have been key in all funding opportunities and communications with USDA on any assistance programs we have been able to secure over the past few years. As recently as the ELAP excessive heat calculations of 2023, LSU AgCenter agents and faculty were the leading resource for information on our niche “farm raised fish.” In an effort to continually improve those figures, we are supporting their effort to update key information that is a general resource for the industry and allows their scientists and economists to provide quality anonymous information back to the industry when needed.

Please consider filling out the online survey or downloading this printable PDF to help support the LSU AgCenter’s efforts, as they have been very supportive of our efforts continuously. Please see belo from Dr. Guidry and our friends at LSU:

The LSU AgCenter is committed to effectively support and advocate for the Louisiana Crawfish Industry.  Personnel with the LSU AgCenter were involved in the multi-agency effort that caused the USDA to modify its eligibility criteria and make the damages caused by drought and excessive heat to crawfish production eligible for the ELAP program.  To ensure that we are able to continue to serve as an effective advocate for the industry and are addressing important issues, the LSU AgCenter must ensure that our data remains accurate and robust.  This is not only important to continue to be able to effectively petition the USDA to expand programs to include crawfish,  but also to ensure that these programs operate in a manner that provides adequate assistance to crawfish producers.  To that effort, the LSU AgCenter is conducting a survey of crawfish producers.   The information collected in this survey will not only help us better depict the size and status of the crawfish industry, but also help us focus efforts on issues that are considered the most critical to the industry. 

For this survey to be successful, we need your participation. Most of the information being requested is similar to the information you were required to provide to participate in the ELAP program.  With that information already in hand, we think completing the survey will require minimal time and effort.  You can participate in the survey by either:

• Completing and returning the fillable PDF file. The completed survey can be emailed to Kurt Guidry at kmguidry@agcenter.lsu.edu or mailed to the following address:

                                Kurt Guidry

                                H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station

                                1373 Caffey Drive

                                Rayne, Louisiana 70578

• Completing the survey online.  The online version of the survey can be accessed by visiting https://lsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_a3IwQ8irqUgdBhs  or by using the QR code below.

Your responses to this survey are anonymous and will be held confidential.  Any presentation or publication of results will only be in an aggregate form as a summary of survey responses.

Thank you for your consideration and cooperation.