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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Thai Rice Exports Projected DownTHAILAND - Unofficial rice exports (excluding fragrant rice) for April 30 – May 6, 2012 totaled 124,838 tons, down 7,738 tons from the previous week, and up 12,654 tons from the four-week...
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Thailand's Sugar Production Likely to IncreaseTHAILAND - Sugar production will likely increase to 10-11 million tons in MY2011/12 and MY2012/13 in anticipation of a bumper sugarcane crop of 100 - 105 million tons due to acreage expansion...
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Thai Soybean Imports on Decline but Likely to Rise in 2012/13 THAILAND - Soybean imports are likely to decline in 2011/12 but rise again in 2012/13 in line with consumption demand from the feed industry.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Cotton Imports Declined Due to Price HikeTHAILAND - MY2010/11 and MY2011/12 cotton import demand plummeted due to a spike in world cotton prices and an economic slowdown domestically and internationally, and widespread flooding in...
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Thailand’s Trading Prices Increase Slightly; US, Vietnam Prices DeclineTHAILAND - Trading prices for Thailand’s high - and medium - quality grades of non-specialty rice have increased slightly since early February, mostly due to a stronger Thai baht. Prices for...
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Thai Rice Export Prices IncreaseTHAILAND - Domestic and export prices increased 1-3 per cent due to tight domestic supply of paddy for parboiled rice production following the implementation of the off-season rice Paddy Pledging...
Thursday, March 08, 2012
Thai Rice Farmers Desperation ContinuesTHAILAND - Although floodwaters have dried up in most parts of Thailand, several farms in the Song Phi Nong district of Suphan Buri were still under water late last month.
Wednesday, March 07, 2012
Parboiled Rice to Dominate Thai ExportsTHAILAND - Export prices were offered $5-10/MT higher in February due to the strengthening Thai baht. Meanwhile, domestic prices remain steady due to a lack of new contracts for new-crop white...
Monday, February 20, 2012
USDA: Thai Rice Export Prices RiseTHAILAND - 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 ExportsTHAILAND - 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 WayTHAILAND - 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 RemainsTHAILAND - 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 ChinaTHAILAND - 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 CropsTHAILAND - 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 SchemeTHAILAND - 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 CropsTHAILAND - 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 FloodingTHAILAND - 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 PotTHAILAND - 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 HarvestTHAILAND - 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 CropsTHAILAND – 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 YieldsTHAILAND – 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 ShortagesTHAILAND –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 DiseaseTHAILAND – 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 LowTHAILAND – 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...
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