Heart of Louisiana: Crawfish

By Dave McNamara

WVUE-TV 8

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 discovered that crawfish and rice are a great combination, not only in a bowl of etouffee, but also on the farm. At Tietje’s Tallgrass Farm in Roanoke, nearly half the acreage is now used for crawfish.

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