Strain urges federal government to aid state’s crawfish industry

The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) urges the federal government to aid Louisiana’s crawfish industry after an unprecedented drought. On Feb. 2, LDAF Commissioner Mike Strain, DVM, wrote a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack asking that the Emergency Livestock Assistance Program (ELAP) and/or similar programs be properly funded and instituted…

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