Little rain expected so save water, pleads Ministry

[paulikens]

more economic worry for thailand with tourism down as well,oh whats that the baht has strengthen again,what a surprise,if they aint manipulating that baht then im a dutchman

[Brunolem]

1 minute ago, paulikens said:

more economic worry for thailand with tourism down as well,oh whats that the baht has strengthen again,what a surprise,if they aint manipulating that baht then im a dutchman

It is much easier to manipulate a currency down than up. 

 

The Swiss are keeping their currency down simply by creating as much money as needed... this doesn't cost anything. 

 

On the other hand, pushing a currency up implies spending the country's reserves in foreign currencies, which are not unlimited. 

 

It is very unlikely that Thailand is doing this, especially for so long... these kinds of manipulations (up) are generally short term, certainly not sustained over many years... 

[canopy]

On 7/15/2019 at 7:45 PM, snoop1130 said:

already carried out more than 3,300 flights for cloud seeding

Just maybe the cloud seeding is part of the problem. Messing with mother nature is rarely good especially when the overall environmental impacts are not well known.

 

[FarFlungFalang]

On 7/16/2019 at 11:22 AM, Isaan sailor said:

Tough year for Isaan rice farmers, tourist industry and exporters.  Did I miss anyone?

Yes you missed the politicians who found it difficult to get their snouts in the trough due to overcrowding.

[MeePeeMai]

7 hours ago, digger70 said:

Were there a Will there's a Way .No excuses for Lazy Farmers. The farmers should be happy to grow other crops then they won't have to flood the paddock and work in the mud and shit.

The problem here in Isaan is the soil.  It is of very poor quality and not much else will grow in it.  The farmers here are not lazy, they work their asses off out in the hot sun and the reason most grow rice is to feed their family throughout the year.  My wife's father has farmland in Wang Saphung and he is very worried about the lack of rain right now.

[Brunolem]

16 hours ago, MeePeeMai said:

The problem here in Isaan is the soil.  It is of very poor quality and not much else will grow in it.  

Exactly! 

 

When they dug the paddyfields, decades ago, most of the good soil was probably taken away by those who knew better. 

 

What is left is a kind of flour like soil in which nothing but grass will grow. 

[digger70]

17 hours ago, MeePeeMai said:

The problem here in Isaan is the soil.  It is of very poor quality and not much else will grow in it.  The farmers here are not lazy, they work their asses off out in the hot sun and the reason most grow rice is to feed their family throughout the year.  My wife's father has farmland in Wang Saphung and he is very worried about the lack of rain right now.

Bad soil or not they can make the soil better with the help of a soil test they know what to add to the soil same as Most people Do ..now stop making Excuses for the farmers . I worked on farms and cattle stations some of that soil was very bad but we ripped it with bull dozers  plowed it cultivated it put The right fertilizer on it and planted  with peanuts ,sorghum, corn,beans the biggest paddock we planted was 2700 acres with sorghum the others were smaller down to 20 acres.  The end 

[Fred white]

4 hours ago, Brunolem said:

Exactly! 

 

When they dug the paddyfields, decades ago, most of the good soil was probably taken away by those who knew better. 

 

What is left is a kind of flour like soil in which nothing but grass will grow. 

Or if like here they dug ditches for canals to plant trees but they covered up the top soil with the rock and clay underneath

[Fred white]

3 hours ago, digger70 said:

Bad soil or not they can make the soil better with the help of a soil test they know what to add to the soil same as Most people Do ..now stop making Excuses for the farmers . I worked on farms and cattle stations some of that soil was very bad but we ripped it with bull dozers  plowed it cultivated it put The right fertilizer on it and planted  with peanuts ,sorghum, corn,beans the biggest paddock we planted was 2700 acres with sorghum the others were smaller down to 20 acres.  The end 

But that costs money that most of the small farmers don't have

[FarFlungFalang]

22 minutes ago, Fred white said:

Or if like here they dug ditches for canals to plant trees but they covered up the top soil with the rock and clay underneath

Or they pushed the topsoil to the side to make the bunds for the paddies which has the same result.What is worse is they are still doing it!<deleted>.

Edited July 18, 2019 by metisdead
Profane acronym removed.

[MeePeeMai]

13 hours ago, digger70 said:

Bad soil or not they can make the soil better with the help of a soil test they know what to add to the soil same as Most people Do ..now stop making Excuses for the farmers . I worked on farms and cattle stations some of that soil was very bad but we ripped it with bull dozers  plowed it cultivated it put The right fertilizer on it and planted  with peanuts ,sorghum, corn,beans the biggest paddock we planted was 2700 acres with sorghum the others were smaller down to 20 acres.  The end 

Don't forget that anything alternatively that they might grow, there needs to be a market for it here which has at least some potential for profit.  And can these alternate crops survive the weather here?  A lot of crops cannot take too much water or they will drown and the roots will rot.  A lot cannot survive the heat and the blazing sun.  It costs money to change your farmland for another type of crop and it is a gamble, expensive and risky.