1 - 10 of 180 results for "rice stockpile"

  1. 1. business | 04 Jun 2013

    AFET keen on rice stockpile auction

    AGRICULTURE

    By Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Newspaper section: Business

    » The Agricultural Futures Exchange of Thailand (AFET) will propose the Commerce Ministry use it for rice auctions bought over a year ago under the government's rice-pledging scheme as a way to release huge stockpiles.

  2. 2. learning | 08 Oct 2010

    Mysterious purchaser of Thai rice stockpile working for Chinese state enterprise

    About agriculture

    By Jon Fernquest

    » The huge rice deal was controversial because of its secretive nature. Now some of the secrets have been revealed.

  3. 3. business | 15 Jun 2013

    Academic: Stockpile losses key

    By Post Reporters, Newspaper section: Business

    » The Commerce Ministry should have taken into account rice in its stockpiles when calculating losses from the pledging scheme, said Assoc Prof Somporn Isvilanonda, a senior fellow at the Knowledge Network Institute of Tha...

  4. 4. learning | 18 Feb 2013

    Rice exports: Govt likely to lose money

    About agriculture

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Lots of rice on world markets so low rice prices but Thai rice is expensive, so who is going to buy Thai rice?

  5. 5. learning | 26 Sep 2011

    Too much rice in Thailand

    About agriculture

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Real problem is overproduction & excess of rice pushing prices down. Labour wasted, used only sporadically in peak months. Poor farmers produce only 15 tonnes of rice per harvest, but are 82% of all rice-farming househol...

  6. 6. learning | 17 Jan 2012

    World rice supply soars, prices to fall?

    About agriculture

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Increased rice production by India & rice importing countries pose danger for Thai world rice market leadership.

  7. 7. business | 16 May 2013

    Rice broker fee snag sinks shippers' hearts

    AGRIBUSINESS

    By Phusadee Arunmas, Newspaper section: Business

    » Thai rice prospects are going from bad to worse, as shipments now face a new logistics challenge on top of the strong baht and high rice prices.According to a source from the rice trading industry, seven or eight Thai ri...

  8. 8. learning | 16 Sep 2011

    Thai-Vietnam rice summit

    About agriculture

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Thai rice prices set to rise from $550 to $800 a tonne. Vietnam's exports skyrocketing. India's rice $150 cheaper after lifting rice export ban.

  9. 9. learning | 15 Jan 2013

    Rice research: Thai rice comes out on top

    About agriculture

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Thai jasmine rice has lowest amount of poisonous arsenic of any rice in the world, University of California research finds.

  10. 10. learning | 05 Jul 2011

    Rice markets freeze

    About agriculture

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Rice trading grinds to a halt in anticipation of new rice policy likely to drive rices higher in Thailand as well as world.

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