Last year’s drought and this week’s below-freezing temperatures could affect the number of crawfish available for harvest this season, when crawfish can be harvested, how long they’ll be available, as well as the size of each crawfish and the price per pound.

But two Beauregard Parish crawfish farmers cautioned consumers to hold on just a minute before being discouraged by price forecasting. One farmer with 30 years experience said it’s too early to predict price or anything else. Give it another month.

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With the 2024 crawfish season approaching, everyone in Louisiana is starting to get antsy. We know that for one reason or another, this past year was not a viable crawfish season for farmers and we can expect higher prices, but why?

A Louisiana crawfish farmer, Shelley Aucoin, broke down the facts about everything you need to know going into crawfish season. His post has over 500 shares on Facebook alone, and the message is simple, "Our farmers are trying their very best to get these little buggers to our pots for us to serve y’all. Please be patient with us."

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Crawfish season might as well be a holiday in Louisiana because of its popularity. This year might not be the greatest year for the mudbugs because of Mother Nature.

“We are hoping for a good season. That's always a great way to promote Louisiana. You know, every year we take one lucky crawfish, and we pardon it,” said Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser.

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The $36 million purchase from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) of the Louisiana shrimping industry was done to help alleviate some of the issues the industry has been struggling with for years.

United States Senator John Kennedy (R- La) says although he applauds the purchase, more still needs to be done to save the industry.

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If you’ve enjoyed a crawfish boil in Colorado before 2024, it was illegal. That’s right — Colorado has had a longstanding ban on mudbugs.

But not anymore. As of Jan. 1, Coloradans can legally import, transport and possess Louisiana crawfish — officially named the red swamp crayfish — for human consumption.

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Louisiana is the largest harvester of crawfish in the nation. There’s been a boiling uncertainty amongst some seafood businesses, as the state faces one of its driest seasons.

“The season will be a little shorter, so I’m going to encourage everyone when they’re available go ahead and get some,” said Mike Strain, Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture.

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There is a boiling uncertainty in an area of Louisiana dubbed the “Crawfish Capital of the World.”

Farmers across the state are worried about this year’s crawfish crop, wondering if the “mudbugs” will emerge from their underground burrows, which can run three feet or more deep.

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I have already invited myself to multiple crawfish boils. I am ready for my lips to burn because I went too hard on the spicy crawfish. I am prepared for the best reason many of us live in Louisiana, crawfish season.

The temperatures plummeted and many of us had never seen temps so low in the Ark-La-Tex. We were so focused on our homes and businesses not having pipes burst that we forgot about temperatures ruining our crawfish season.

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Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) welcomed the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) decision to purchase $36 million of shrimp to help alleviate food insecurity. The USDA made the purchase under the Agriculture Act of 1935, which provides for national food assistance during emergencies.

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Louisiana produces 90% of the crawfish found in the United States. Most farmed crawfish come from rice fields in one 35-square-mile area near Welsh, Louisiana.

The industry is fairly new, only entering the mainstream in the 1980s as rice farmers began experimenting with cultivating crawfish in their fields.

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