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Dry soil to curb Asia's early 2024 rice output, pressure supply
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/12/2023
» SINGAPORE - Asian off-season rice production is poised to take a hit as dry planting conditions, shrinking reservoirs and forecasts for continued El Niño weather are set to reduce early 2024 yields, further tightening supplies and spurring food inflation.
Paris parched as new heatwave scorches Europe
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/07/2019
» PARIS: The French capital is going through its driest period in almost 150 years and temperatures across Europe continue to reach extreme levels, leaving scorched fields and farmers frustrated by another spell of bad weather.
Thailand to tap rice stockpile to maintain export levels
Bloomberg News, Published on 05/10/2015
» Rice exports from Thailand may be steady next year as the world’s biggest shipper taps state inventories to offset a possible decline in production amid dry weather.
Sugar crop heads for all-time high after rain
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/07/2015
» Sugar production in Thailand could reach record levels this coming harvest season after recent rain offset the effects of a strengthening El Nino to boost crop growth, according to Office of the Cane and Sugar Board.
Second rice crop seen dropping to 15-year low
Bloomberg News, Published on 08/04/2015
» Production from the second rice crop will drop 43% to the lowest level in 15 years on lack of rainfall, cutting the annual harvest in the world's biggest exporter, according to the Office of Agricultural Economics.
Thailand tries to unload mountain of rice amid world glut
Bloomberg News, Published on 28/01/2015
» In a nondescript building outside Bangkok, along the murky Chao Phraya River, the government is preparing to unload a mountain of rice on an already oversupplied world. And there’s more on the way.
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.
Kittiratt eases pressure on central bank
Bloomberg News, Published on 28/10/2013
» Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong said he can accept higher-than-desirable interest rates set by the Bank of Thailand (BOT) as long as the currency remains near current levels.
Jakarta emergency declared as floods swamp president’s office
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/01/2013
» JAKARTA - Indonesia declared a state of emergency in Jakarta as a third day of flooding brought traffic to a standstill in the city of 9.6 million people and swamped the offices of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.