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Here in Louisiana, it's hard to believe there are states in the U.S. where live crawfish are actually illegal. Seems like a pretty easy issue to fix, right? Just eat em!

Crucial crawfish price information has been revealed as Louisiana heads into Mardi Gras Weekend. You're going to want to know what your options are.

Spring may still be weeks away, but it’s never too early to start preparing your garden in Southwest Louisiana! While the ground might not be ready and a few cold snaps are still in the forecast, now is the perfect time to get ahead. Start propagating seeds indoors for cool-season vegetables like lettuce, kale, and broccoli, and begin mapping out your garden layout. With guidance from the LSU AgCenter’s Vegetable Planting Guide, you can plan for a successful growing season and be ready to plant as soon as the weather warms up. Stay tuned as we walk through each step of the process in the coming weeks!

Experts with the LSU Ag Center say Louisiana gardeners should wait to prune or cut back cold-damaged plants.

Louisiana crawfish lovers have been left wanting for the past couple of seasons. Will 2025 usher in the return of a more robust crawfish season?

What is the potential for flooding where you live, work, and have to drive in Louisiana? These interactive maps show where high water could affect your plans.

If you're in South Louisiana and near a body of water you should be on the lookout for "Apple Snails."

There are a whole lot of questions, and opinions when it comes to purging crawfish. Rejoice, because the LSU AgCenter might finally have the answers for us.

Recently, Louisiana has been dealing with the most annoying flying insects, but contrary to popular belief, they're not mosquitos.

We love our crawfish in Louisiana. We also love to "suck the head" to get all of the delicious crawfish fat out. Turns out, the crawfish fat we thought we've been eating is not fat at all.

Experts have given a variety of reasons for the anemic crawfish harvest, including one famous crawfisherman in the video. Can they save the season?

Things like baby carrots and apples will last for the longest amount of time.

Agricultural officials in Louisiana have released a pre-season outlook for what Crawfish Season 2024 will look like in Louisiana. Here's what you can expect.

Record setting summer temperatures and extreme drought conditions are going to play a big part in the upcoming crawfish season in Louisiana. Here's how.

Louisiana crawfish lovers are feeling the pinch of higher prices as crawfish season swings into its busiest months.

As Louisiana recovers from the record cold lawn and garden experts are asking you to wait on removing your damaged plants for a very good reason.

Lawn overgrown and out of control? There is a solution to your rain soaked yard problem and it just might free up your weekend.

Warmer than average temperatures in December have helped to jump-start the 2022 Louisiana crawfish season.

Finally, an easy-to-read guide that explains the good, the bad, and the ugly of intermittent fasting.

Some Louisiana crawfish producers say the snails have cut their production by as much as 50%.