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Monday, February 20, 2012
USDA: Thai Rice Export Prices Rise THAILAND - Export prices increased approximately 1.0 percent due to concerns over the strengthening of the Thai baht and the temporary purchases of parboiled rice from African buyers.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Grim Future for Thai Rice Exports THAILAND - The Thai Rice Exporters Association (TREA) announced on Monday that the country's rice exports will fall drastically this year, due to a number of factors.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Floods: New Rice Seeds On The Way THAILAND - With climate change, floods, droughts & plant diseases making lives of farmers more difficult, Thai scientists have developed stronger seeds
Monday, December 05, 2011
In Spite of Flooding, Much Rice to Export Remains THAILAND - Despite widespread flooding earlier this year that inundated much of the country's rice crop, millers say they should be able to have enough to export to neighboring countries, thanks...
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Thai Exporters Seek Pakistani Rice for China THAILAND - Rice dealers in Thailand are looking to buy grain from Pakistan for delivery to China, traders said on Wednesday, as the Thai government's policy of setting a relatively high minimum...
Friday, November 11, 2011
Thai Floods Hurt Global Economy, Especially Crops THAILAND - The worsening floods in Thailand will be felt by the world's consumers from food shortages to higher-priced hard drives.The heavy monsoon rains that began in July have caused the worst...
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Business Leaders Oppose Thai Government’s Rice Price Scheme THAILAND - Moves by the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to implement an electoral promise to guarantee rice prices for Thailand's farmers have raised sharp criticisms in ruling...
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Thai Sugar Premiums Rise on Speculation Floods May Hurt Crops THAILAND - The premium buyers are prepared to pay to obtain sugar from Thailand, the world's second-largest shipper, climbed over the past five days on speculation floods in the Southeast Asian...
Up To 8 Per Cent Of Thai Rice Crop Hit By Flooding THAILAND - At least two million metric tons of unmilled rice or about 8 per cent of Thailand's main harvest has been hit by severe flooding in the northern and central parts of the country, potentially...
Friday, October 07, 2011
Thai's New Rice Policy Raises Farmer Price by 60 Per Cent THAILAND - A new paddy-pledging program in Thailand that has already pushed up the cost of rice globally will go into effect today, October 7, amid uncertainty and skepticism.
Monday, October 03, 2011
Thai Rice Stirs the Global Pot THAILAND - Thailand is preparing to stir the pot in the international rice market with its fragrant jasmine rice nurtured by a new policy. But while the new policy pays farmers a great deal more,...
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Fertiliser Subsidy and Price Increase Approved THAILAND - The Thailand government will spend 3.5 billion baht to subsidise fertiliser prices for farmers while at the same time approving increases in fertiliser prices.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Thai Sugar Production Headed for Record THAILAND - Sugar production in Thailand is now past its peak but daily production rates are still considerably above last year's.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Recent Flooding Hits Rice Harvest THAILAND - This year's rice production is expected to drop by about 20 per cent due to the massive flooding in the country.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Lethal Floods Destroy Crops THAILAND – Flooding in Thailand has spread through half of the country, damaging three per cent of agricultural land, as well as killing at least 68 people.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Sugar Exports Could Drop By 20% THAILAND – Wet weather in Thailand could cause sugar exports to drop by 20 per cent in 2010 to 2011, US officials have predicted.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Flash Floods May Reduce Rice Yields THAILAND – Concerns have been raised that flash floods in Thailand could reduce the country's rice production by as much as 20 per cent.
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
More Sugar Allocated To Ease Shortages THAILAND –As many as 28,000 tonnes of sugar are expected to be allocated across the Asian nation of Thailand from Friday September 10th, in a bid to help ease shortages on the sweetener's domestic...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Insects 'A Threat To Rice Production' THAILAND – Rice experts in the Asian nation of Thailand have warned that a significant rise in the number of brown hoppers, a common rice pest, in central areas of the country, could soon begin...
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Wasps To Fight Cassava Disease THAILAND – Entomologists in the Asian nation of Thailand have begun deploying an army of 250,000 wasps in a bid to eradicate a plague of mealy bugs that threatens to destroy much of the country's...
Monday, July 26, 2010
Farm Restructuring Programme 'Taking Off' THAILAND – The Agriculture Ministry for Thailand has stepped up the efforts of a restructuring scheme that could lead to better farm zoning for food and fuel crops across the Asian nation,...
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Rice Prices Crash To Two-Year Low THAILAND – Prices of rice in Thailand, which sets the benchmark for all of Asia, have declined for a forth successive week, dragging them to their lowest level in more than two years, amid...
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Sugar Forecasts Trimmed By Dry Weather THAILAND – Sugar production in Thailand is expected to drop as low as six million tonnes in the 2010/11 season because of severe droughts, an official has said.
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
Significant Sugar Losses Reported THAILAND –A prolonged dry spell in Thailand has dealt a second blow to the country's sugar production, which could potentially see a drop this season of more than one million tonnes.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Rice Output 'Smallest in Eight Years' THAILAND – Production of rice in Thailand, the world's largest exporter, could plunge to its lowest level in eight years, an industry organisation has said.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Drought Will Cost Billions Severe droughts throughout Thailand could cause economic losses of more than 6 billion baht,a newspaper has reported.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Drought Threatens Rice Crop THAILAND – A severe drought across Thailand may cause major losses for the nation's rice farmers as the country is gripped by a worsening water crisis.
Monday, June 07, 2010
Rice Farmers Asked To Delay Sowing THAILAND – It has been requested that farmers in Thailand postpone the sowing of certain rice crops due to serious water supply issues, a newspaper has reported.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Rice Farmers Call for Government Aid THAILAND - Rice farmers in Thailand are calling on the government to provide immediate help as they face lower returns on their crops.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Thailand Weekly Rice Price Update THAILAND - Thai export prices increased by one to three per cent due to the strengthening Thai baht to 32.15 baht/$, according to teh nUSDA Foreign Agricultural Services.
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