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Thai pig farmers raise alarm about possible US imports
Online Reporters, Published on 08/07/2025
» Thailand’s pig farmers have warned the government against opening the pork market as a trade concession to secure tariff reductions from the United States, adding that even imports for animal feed production pose significant risks.
Swine farmers sweat over tariff talks
News, Post Reporters, Published on 08/04/2025
» The Swine Raisers Association of Thailand has strongly opposed a government proposal to import US pork as part of trade deficit negotiations with Washington, warning it could devastate the domestic livestock industry and compromise consumer safety.
Pork oversupply could imperil small pig farmers
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/12/2024
» The Swine Raisers Association of Thailand (SRAT) has raised concerns over the risk of small pig farms going out of business due to a worsening oversupply of pigs, while major farms are competing to expand their production capacity.
Mekong tributaries flood nearly 100,000 rai of agricultural land
Pattanapong Sripiachai, Published on 20/09/2024
» NAKHON PHANOM: Almost 100,000 rai (about 39,500 acres) of agricultural land in this upper northeastern province have been inundated, with Sri Songkhram district suffering the worst impacts from overflow caused by two major tributaries of the rising Mekong River.
Mekong Basin projects 'doing more harm than good'
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 18/02/2024
» Development projects in the Mekong Basin may threaten lives and livelihoods along the river, according to an expert on sustainable growth and fair use of natural resources.
4,300 tonnes of smuggled pork to be buried
Post Reporters, Published on 13/09/2023
» Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Thamanat Prompow has ordered officials to bury 4,300 tonnes of smuggled pork in a landfill in Sa Kaeo.
Pig farmers picket over prices, imports
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/05/2023
» About 1,000 pig farmers rallied outside Government House on Tuesday to demand action over smuggled imports of foreign pork and the high cost of feed, both of which they claimed have driven up pork prices.
Illegal pork import gets destroyed
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/01/2023
» Officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives buried more than 700,000 kilogrammes of smuggled pork meat and entrails in Petchaburi province's Cha Am district yesterday.
Strict border checks against bird flu after vietnam reports a case
Online Reporters, Published on 24/10/2022
» Border checks on poultry and poultry products are being stepped up after Vietnam reported that bird flu had been diagnosed in a human patient last week.
Fleeing smugglers abandon 400 protected birds
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 05/08/2022
» PHATTHALUNG: A total of 400 smuggled red-whiskered bulbuls were rescued after the protected wild birds, crammed into five baskets, were abandoned by smugglers in Muang district on Friday morning.