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Manop happy to return to his roots
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 24/02/2014
» When Manop Kaewkoi quit his job and returned to the family homestead in Surin province to grow and start selling organic rice two years ago, his mother was greatly upset because she did not want her son to end up a poor farmer like the rest of the family. She even refused to accept any money from him.
Siam Kubota eyes 25% sales growth
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 31/01/2013
» Siam Kubota Corporation, the country's leading agricultural machinery producer, expects sales this year to rise 25% to 50 billion baht, thanks to solid growth in the farm sector.
A sweet investment
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 17/12/2012
» When 35-year-old Dilok Pinyosee was a university undergraduate, he had no clue he would one day be growing sugar cane in his home town in Khon Kaen province.
Cane and Sugar Board cuts season quota
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 22/10/2012
» The Cane and Sugar Board has revised down its cane production quota to 94.6 million tonnes for the current 2012-13 season due to drought.
Exports to miss B1 trillion
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 26/09/2012
» Food exports are unlikely to reach 1 trillion baht as expected this year due partly to lower rice exports, says the Federation of Thai Industries' food processing industry club.
High hopes for cane output
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 11/09/2012
» Thai sugar millers expect annual sugar cane production will reach 150 million tonnes within the next three years from just over 90 million tonnes this year thanks to improved technology.
Drought main worry for East
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 17/07/2012
» RAYONG : While people elsewhere are concerned about the risk of floods, farmers and industrial operators in the East worry more about the possibility of drought.
IEAT frets on another Map Ta Phut dry spell
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 04/05/2012
» MAP TA PHUT : Five industrial estates in Rayong province face a water shortage if there is no sign of rainfall by July, triggering fears of a replay of the 2005 drought.
Local residents support dykes
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 19/04/2012
» AYUTTHAYA : Residents of Ayutthaya province agree on the construction of dykes surrounding industrial estates but are asking the government to offer relief to farmers and to people living near industrial areas who lack elevated houses.