RamdomChances

Probaly be a good idea to collect some links for tractors and farm machinery ect. I seem to have lost most of my links from firefox, but here's 2 to get you started. I'll see how it goes and mabye pinn this later.

KASET PHATTANA group, THAILAND Rice combines and threshers

Mit Alai Tractor Co New and second hand tractor and accesory dealer (Bang Pa-In)

Brahmin Cattle, 13,000 for a pair sound cheap, but it's a bit like the "how long is a piece of string" question. How old are they, it's it a male/female pair, what weight are they, is anything wrong with them. 13,000 does sound very cheap if they are fully grown.

You could try looking throught the Farming section, we have loads of threads on beef cattle ect

moved into farming

Sounds good Tim, got any links. The problems I would see with it would involve things like where do you get your stock from and the ammount of time you need. It would probably suit someone with a large well established farm I'm not sure wether most samll holders would have the time and the contacts nessesery to make it work. Here's a pic so we all know what we are talking about

These land questions are always difficult, I'd tend to agree with MF, that it seems on the high side at just over 40,000 bhat a rai. You can always go to the local land office and find out what the offical Gov rate for it is, this will be on the low side but will give you an idea and something to start bargining with

random,

i am a '42 kg stick'.... ; i am the only woman i know on the kibbutz that is constantly trying to stay my weight or gain, i hate all the diet food that people are always preparing: low fat, no calorie whatever.... i like real food, carbohydrates, meat, rice, (hate bread actually).... i'm like a ferret, i have to eat all the time, am active but not a sports person, but would like to have some curves, as my daughter complains when she rests her head on my shoulder or lap, that its like sleeping on a skeleton smile.gif)

"Oh my husband prefers me that way, he likes a woman built like a woman, not a little boy."

End of November should have really nice weather, coming into cool season at that time. Begining of November you might get a few thunder storms right at the tail end of rainy season but it unlikely

In case of the applicant who is married to a Thai wife, one of them or both of them need to have the total annual income that is averaged out not less than 40,000 Baht per month except for the case that the said foreign national has entered Thailand before this Order is enforced and the foreign national has been permitted to stay in the Kingdom by the result of having married to a Thai wife, then if the applicant does not have the said income, then, the latest 3 months records of the account book of any Bank in Thailand with the account name of either or both parties need to have the amount of money not less than 400,000 Baht.

In Thailand most rice milling is done at a co-operative level and amongst other reasons why it is centralised like that is the margins are quite small making it unviable for the average farmer to do himself.

I did have a look a long time ago about the margins, but just what I could glean off the internet and just chatting to people and on the face of it the margins did'nt look that bad (for a bulk market), again I'd have to have a look again and see what I could dig up.....internet is a bit dodgy thought this time of the year....too much rain and cloud

Yea I seem to remember reading something like that. Is it that possibly they calculate the average over the whole area cultivated ? I also seem to remember that most of the rice land in thailand is not irrigated, relying on seasonal rainfall

Ok just for you

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For the whole page of extensions and add on's for firefox go to "tools"> Extensions (a box should pop up) In the bottom right hand corner there will be a link "get more extensions" this will open a new page on the firefox site, loads there just browse or do a search

Would have been nice if you had added which ones are doing that.

I often to use the edit facility to change peoples quotes.

Not nice.

If your using Firefox you can download some extensions and just quote with the left click button

Ok I've unpinned this and added the link into the "links" section

Hi Ramdom,

im new in rice milling so i think 50 ton is ok for me.

Guess i need to take time and learn first.anyway guys im from singapore

Thank you for your guide.now at least i learn something from this forum.

My brother-in-law deals with quite a few of them buying the husks which they use here a bit like sawdust, mainly in the chicken industry (cleaning out the sheds) and brick making (slow burning fuel)

Anyway nice to have you aboard, let us know how it goes

50 ton does'nt seem a lot, there's been a boom in rice mills around here with loads springing up in the last 2 years, superficialy at least they seem to be doing allright so you must be able to make money in it. Now if your talking 50 ton a day you might be in buisiness, thats only about 3-4 big lorry loads

I'd heard it was the biggest source of freshwater fish, might be the biggest depending on the season, I think it doubles or trebles its size in rainy season.

Good place to buy fresh fish as well

Thanks chris, excelent site. I think they use the FAO publications but it's easy to see them all set out and you can view them online without downloading if you want.

It's actualy got most things there from fish, dairy, animal rearing, crops to "3rd world" technology.

I'll stick that one in the links section when I get around to it

Thers a few members around up there, but thay don't post that often, I'm in Nakhon Sawan.

Petchbun is definatly central, the forum titles don't list all the provinces at the title would just be too big

You just need to look around localy, there's plenty of them about, made from all sorts of stuff. We used to have a bamboo one, I did'nt like it myself. I find the most comfertable are made from quite thin nylon string (I think) but a very close mesh, not itchy at all. The other way is to get one just made out of a single pice of material (no mesh)

You do get often "army" stalls at local markets not sure if it's real army stuff but the sell camo gear and the like, never seen a hammok there but never really looked that hard

^Ok go on then how do you grow the stuff, lets start with jasmine.

I've never been a big fan of trying to standerdise spellings, in any language really

Can they be used in the production of animal feed ? If there's any feed mills near you you could contact them, where actually are you ?

^ It's just a general question mate, anything really, websites or adresses, I'll probaly sort the links out and pin it as an information resource......when I get around to it

No I'm not about to give it a try, but thought as it is one of the major crops here in Thailand we could have a thread on it, so come on all you rice experts. How is it actually grown, whats the growing time, what sort of ammounts do you get per rai and some rough ideas on how profitable it actually is.