Steve Minvielle, Louisiana Crawfish Farmers Association executive director, said farmers in Acadia and St. Landry locations such as Eunice, Palmetto and Whiteville, where rain fell in abundance, have experienced a setback. Photo: Ed Lallo/Louisiana Seafood News
BY BILLY GUNN AND STEVEN WARD/Advocate staff writers
The supply of Louisiana crawfish this year should be plentiful and reasonably priced, but some who grow and harvest the Cajun delicacy are trying to rebound after rain last week topped the levees that encircle ponds.
Steve Minvielle, Louisiana Crawfish Farmers Association executive director, said the weather last week “kind of kicked us in the teeth.”
Minvielle, who harvests crawfish at his Bayouland Farms LLC in New Iberia, said there are 1,200 members in the association, and some of them were hit hard by constant rain over three days that caused water to overrun the levees.
“They’re kinda panicking. They’re trying to get their equipment to higher ground,” Minvielle said Thursday as rain pummeled south Louisiana.
He said farmers in Acadia and St. Landry locations such as Eunice, Palmetto and Whiteville, where rain fell in abundance, have experienced a setback.
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