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Prayut tones down stance on farmers' rally
Online Reporters, Published on 08/01/2016
» One day after threatening legal action against a planned protest by rubber farmers, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha used his weekly TV programme to offer them an olive branch.
Rubber farmers step up pressure as prices plummet
Online Reporters, Published on 07/01/2016
» Rubber planters have threatened to protest after prices plummeted to the lowest level in 10 years, saying some of them no longer afford to send their children to school.
Cheapest Thai fragrant rice for six years
Online Reporters, Published on 04/12/2015
» The global price of Hom Mali fragrant rice has dropped to the lowest in six years as growers sell their grain direct to millers-cum-exporters instead of joining a state-run bank's scheme to increase rice prices.
Farmers rally, seek help with debt problems
Online Reporters, Published on 28/10/2015
» About 400 debt-ridden rice growers gathered beneath the Rama VIII Bridge on Wednesday to demand the government tackle the debt problems of farmers countrywide, and said they would rally until the issue is addressed.
Palm oil nut growers demand price support
Online Reporters, Published on 15/09/2015
» NAKHON SI THAMMARAT - Palm tree planters have again asked the government for price support to guarantee them an income equivalent to 3.38 baht a kilogramme for fresh palm nuts.
High-tech indoor ganja farm busted
Online Reporters, Published on 07/08/2015
» CHANTHABURI – A sophisticated indoor marijuana farm using the latest plant nursery equipment, with customers placing orders by Facebook and Line chat and receiving them by mail, has been busted by police.
Anupong tells governors to alert farmers to water cut
Online Reporters, Published on 15/07/2015
» Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda has ordered provincial governors to alert farmers that discharges from four major dams in the Chao Phraya River basin will be cut by more than 55% starting Thursday.
Doraemon used in rain-praying ritual
Online Reporters, Published on 28/06/2015
» PHRAE — Farmers in the drought-hit Nong Muang Khai district on Sunday used a doll of the popular Japanese robot cat Doraemon in a ritual to ask the deities for rain, instead of the traditional black cat to avoid animal abuse allegations.
Rice farmers want B2-3,000 per rai assistance
Online Reporters, Published on 15/06/2015
» Farmers suffering from the drought have called for the government to increase compensation from 1,000 baht per rai, with a limit of 15 rai, to 2,000-3,000 baht per rai, with the limit at 20 rai.
Rice farmers to get coupons for seed, fertiliser
Online Reporters, Published on 06/05/2015
» The government plans to distribute discount coupons to rice farmers to help them cut cultivation costs in the coming season.