For Texas rice farmers determined to hang onto their land, crawfish offer clear benefits. Omnivores and swamp creatures at heart, mudbugs thrive in the low, warm, plant-filled waters of rice paddies.

Louisiana crawfish farmers are facing a shortage of workers due to changes to a temporary guest-worker visa program, Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain said this week.

Demand for crawfish will likely surge during the Catholic season of Lent. Prices often fluctuate. We set out to see who sets the prices consumers pay, but the answer is not quite clear.

Warm weather is shaping this year’s crawfish season, with a local farmer saying strong production and steady demand are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Daniel Valenzuela shows off a crawfish during a catch at Bayou Best Crawfish Farm in Sour Lake. Cold snaps, rain and fog can ...

Climate Rice and Crawfish Pests A crawfish crawls through apple snails after harvest Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, at a farm in Kaplan, La. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel ...

According to Community Impact, the business is owned by Colton and Marina Goff and started in 2019 as Big Cab’s Crawfish before rebranding to Texas Crawfish Co. in 2024. Community Impact reports that ...

This year marks the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the opening year of the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30). A new year begins with new resolve and new ...

Texas Crawfish Co. officials told Community Impact the crawfish company is opening a brick-and-mortar in Conroe in mid-March.

Josh Courville replaces a crawfish trap while harvesting Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, in Kaplan, La. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel) Josh Courville replaces a crawfish trap while harvesting Wednesday, Jan.

Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser granted an official pardon to Tony the Crawfish on Tuesday. The event marks the first official day of crawfish season in Louisiana.

KAPLAN, La. (AP) — Josh Courville has harvested crawfish his whole life, but these days, he's finding a less welcome catch in some of the fields he manages in southern Louisiana. Snails. Big ones. For ...