A Huge El Nino Is Spreading All Kinds Of Mayhem Around The World

A Huge El Nino Is Spreading All Kinds of Mayhem Around the World   28 October 2015 By Supunnabul Suwannakij   Bloomberg – It has choked Singapore with smoke, triggered Pacific typhoons and left Vietnamese coffee growers staring nervously at dwindling reservoirs. In Africa, cocoa farmers are blaming it for bad harvests, and in the Americas, it has […]

Somkid Eyes Crop Diversity

Somkid Eyes Crop Diversity   6 October 2015   One of the projects is to downsize rubber plantations by 1 – 2 million rai in five years, encouraging rubber planters to grow another crop such as oil palm, and promoting the use of rubber in road construction   Source: Bangkok Post View original: www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/719312/somkid-eyes-crop-diversity

Excerpts From CEO’s Interview With Wall Street Journal

EXCERPTS FROM CEO’S INTERVIEW WITH THE WALL STREET JOURNAL   Natural Rubber Stocks Are Smaller Than Estimated   30 September 2015   Natural rubber stocks are smaller than estimated and the new chief executive of the International Rubber Consortium warned that with production falling, a shortage could be looming.   “The market’s perception of high-level rubber stock, […]

Low Prices Could See Rubber Farmers Move Out Of Production

Low Prices Could See Rubber Farmers Move Out Of Production   24 September 2015, 10:38 SEAST   If natural rubber prices remain at currently low levels, rubber farmers “may permanently switch to other economic activities and this would disrupt the supply of raw materials,” says the International Rubber Consortium.   It notes that data published by […]

Low Rubber Prices Could Drive Farmers Into Other Activities

Low Rubber Prices Could Drive Farmers Into Other Activities   24 September 2015, 09:40 SEAST   Rubber farmers could abandon growing the plant and move into other activities permanently if prices persist at their current low levels, potentially disrupting supply, the International Rubber Consortium in its latest weekly update.   “Currently, natural prices are mainly […]

ARBC Expresses Convern Over The Current Protracted Low Rubber Prices

PRESS RELEASE   ASEAN RUBBER BUSINESS COUNCIL (ARBC) EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER THE CURRENT PROTRACTED LOW RUBBER PRICES The ASEAN Rubber Business Council (ARBC), which comprises the rubber trade associations of Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and Cambodia and accounting for around 76.2% of the world’s total natural rubber production, is very concerned over the current […]

IRCo Welcomes Datuk Dr. Salmiah Ahmad As The New CEO Of IRCo

IRCo Welcomes Datuk Dr. Salmiah Ahmad as the New CEO of IRCo   The office of IRCo welcomes Datuk Dr. Salmiah Ahmad as the Chief Executive Officer of IRCo, effective 1 September 2015.   Datuk Dr. Salmiah who was the Director General of Malaysian Rubber Board has been appointed by IRCo’s Board of Director to […]