Last fall, Don Benoit had been making plans to hire 80 seasonal migrant laborers to work at his crawfish processing plant during the upcoming spring season, and he was applying for guest-worker visas ...

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.

Peeling plants are scrambling for seasonal workers, but one area plant owner says locals aren’t lining up for the jobs.

Two crawfish farm workers could have to pay $15,000 after authorities said they shot and killed an endangered whooping crane.

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

Shortage of H-2B visas threatens Louisiana's $640m crawfish industry, leaving the state's 20 crawfish processors with no option to hire migrant workers.

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.

"It was like this science fiction movie," said Christian Richard, a Louisiana rice farmer who described the small whirlpool ...

Crawfish processors are still having trouble hiring people to peel tails, and that is threatening two different but intertwined Louisiana industries.

ACADIA PARISH — A recent stretch of freezing temperatures is slowing the start of crawfish season across South Louisiana, forcing farmers and restaurant owners to adjust as another cold weekend ...

Crawfish season is thriving with larger yields and favorable weather, but labor shortages are slowing farm operations.