Louisiana delegation urging Biden administration to help crawfish farmers

Members of Louisiana’s congressional delegation are urging Division of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to grant help to Louisiana crawfish farmers recovering from pure catastrophe harm.

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), Sen. Invoice Cassidy (R-La.), and Reps. Clay Higgins (R-La.), Mike Johnson (R-La.), Julia Letlow (R-La.), and Steve Scalise (R-La.) signed the letter.

In a information launch from Kennedy, the lawmakers identified in early 2021 Louisiana skilled a historic freeze that prompted harm to infrastructure and hit the state’s crawfish trade.

“Crawfish require heat temperatures to be able to flourish and develop. In actual fact, even a day or two of extreme chilly climate can considerably stunt their development. As we noticed, this historic winter freeze didn’t kill the crawfish, however as an alternative considerably slowed down their development, crippling provide initially of the season. Later that yr, whereas crawfish farmers have been nonetheless recovering from losses, Hurricane Ida ripped by way of Louisiana inflicting tens of billions in property harm,” the lawmakers wrote.