28 Oct 2015

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 […]

Thailand To Sign Rubber Supply Deal With China’s Sinochem   28 October 2015 By Supunnabul Suwannakij   Bloomberg – Thailand plans to sign deal next month with state-owned Sinochem Group to supply 200,000 tonnes for 1 year, Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives Chatchai Sarikulya says in interview on Wednesday in Bangkok.   * Thailand seeking to reduce rubber surplus through […]

Malaysia To Give Incentives, Subsidies To Rubber Smallholders   28 October 2015 By Niluksi Koswanage and Anuradha Raghu   Bloomberg – Government to spend as much as 200 million ringgit on subsidies and incentives from January, Prime Minister Najib Razak says in budget speech in Parliament.   * Government to subsidize farmers if rubber prices fall […]

The Thai Cabinet Approved Subsidy To Reduce The Burden Of Rubber Smallholders   28 October 2015   The Thai cabinet approved a subsidy for NR smallholders with Land Titles. Under this measure, smallholders will get a subsidy of THB1,250 per rai for up to a maximum of 15 rais.   The Prime Minister of Thailand […]