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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.
Food safety a pig deal
News, Editorial, Published on 18/12/2024
» The Swine Raisers Association of Thailand (SRAT) recently returned to Government House and asked the government to delay its plan to raise the minimum daily wage.
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 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.
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.
Pig farmers 'aim to hold prices' steady
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/05/2022
» Pig farmers have announced their support of the Commerce Ministry's policy to keep farmgate prices at 100 baht per kilogramme despite rising costs.
Swine output tipped to fall 12% this year
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/01/2022
» The production of live pigs is estimated to drop by almost 12% this year with the dent mostly affecting small farms, according to the Department of Livestock Development (DLD).
Pork find spurs more cold storage checks
News, Assawin Pakkawan and Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 21/01/2022
» Livestock authorities on Thursday inspected a facility in Songkhla's Chana district, following the discovery of more than 200 tonnes of unverified pork in a refrigerated warehouse.
B1.48bn approved for relief measures
News, Chatrudee Theparat and Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 19/01/2022
» The cabinet yesterday approved an allocation of 1.48 billion baht from the central budget to fund relief measures to reduce the rising cost of living over a period of three months.