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Thai sales to cool rice market
Bloomberg News, Published on 31/07/2014
» The rally in rice prices is set to cool as India and Thailand increase sales from stockpiles, boosting global supplies, according to the Deputy Trade Minister of Vietnam, the world's third-largest exporter.
Thai rice yield to hit 5-year low
Bloomberg News, Published on 23/07/2014
» Rice production in Thailand will probably shrink to a five-year low as drought hurts yields and farmers curb planting after the end of a subsidy programme, according to the Thai Rice Packers Association.
Glut to keep sugar at 16-17 cents
Bloomberg News, Published on 22/07/2014
» Sugar may hover around 16-17 cents a pound for the rest of the year as a global surplus weighs on the market even as demand is set to outstrip supply in the 12 months starting from October, according to Kingsman SA.
Record Thai sugar crop seen
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/07/2014
» Sugar production in Thailand will increase to a record in the year from November as farmers in the second-biggest shipper turn to cane from rice, potentially boosting exports of the sweetener, the state forecaster said.
Sugar market reversal seen
Bloomberg News, Published on 14/07/2014
» The sugar market will swing to a deficit as sustained low prices curb supply for a second year, according to Rabobank International, which joined Czarnikow Group Ltd and Kingsman SA in forecasting an end to surpluses.
Rubber glut to last two more years
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/05/2014
» A sixth year of global surplus may depress rubber prices through 2016 as maturing trees boost production and slowing growth reduces demand in China, the biggest consumer, according to an industry adviser.
South Asian monsoon 'below normal'
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/04/2014
» South Asia, home to a quarter of the world’s population, will probably get less monsoon rainfall than normal this year as odds increase for the emergence of the El Nino weather phenomenon that has previously caused droughts.
Drought seen hurting farm output
Bloomberg News, Published on 12/04/2014
» Rice, sugar and rubber output in Thailand is at risk because of prolonged drought, according to the government forecaster, which warned that the dry conditions may be aggravated by the development of an El Nino this year.
Rubber climbs as drought cuts supply
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/03/2014
» Rubber export prices from Thailand, the largest producer and shipper, will probably advance through May as raw material rates surge because of a drought, said the country’s second-biggest producer.
Kangaroo on the menu for envoys
Bloomberg News, Published on 05/03/2014
» CANBERRA - Australian Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce is having foreign representatives, including a Thai diplomat, over for a kangaroo dinner as the government seeks to increase consumption of the native meat in overseas markets.