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Rice price slump: Economics & long-term solutions
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/11/2016
» Prices would never be so volatile & plunge suddenly if farmers, traders & exporters had better info, futures markets & supply projections.
Winter is here, officially
Jon Fernquest, Published on 01/11/2016
» As cool weather arrives, travel plans to cool places in northern Thailand are being made. Doi Inthanon hit 8 degrees celsius at the peak.
Rice: Farmers get B11,525, market price 4,500-7,000
Jon Fernquest, Published on 31/10/2016
» Govt to pay farmers 11,525 baht a tonne for Hom Mali rice compared to 4,500-7,000 baht market price. Yingluck subsidy different.
Rice barns: New rice pledging scheme?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 28/10/2016
» Lowest Hom Mali prices in 10 years spur rice barn scheme to encourage rice farmers to store rice & not rush releasing newly harvested rice on market.
Tiny birds fly for 10 months each year
Published on 28/10/2016
» A small, dark-feathered bird known as the common swift flies for 10 months on end without ever landing, the longest time spent aloft of any known bird, scientists said Thursday.
Seventh decade 1988-1997: Focus on Agriculture by HM King
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/10/2016
» At 60 most people would look forward to retirement, but His Majesty's inventions & philosophy of self-sufficiency lay ahead in a new beginning for his work.
"Delicious" crickets are a money earner for Phayao farmers
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 12/10/2016
» It's the cricket season and the farmers who catch these "tasty" insects are doing well as demand is high. Deep fried crickets are a popular snack in Thailand.
Koh Samui going dry
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 11/10/2016
» The tourist paradise island of Samui is suffering under a serious shortage of running water as drought dries up the last of the natural resources used to produce the tap supply.
Top killer of kids under 15: Drowning
Jon Fernquest, Published on 10/10/2016
» Already 327 child drowning deaths this month with October always a dangerous month nationwide for children swimming in ponds & rivers.
Colombian president wins Nobel Prize for peace efforts
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/10/2016
» After 50-years of civil war tore Colombia apart, referendum was to end war but voted down last month.