webfact Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Severe drought to push agricultural product prices up By The Nation The Department of Internal Trade (DIT) has assessed that the drought situation in 2020 could hurt agricultural production, resulting in continued price increases. Director-general Whichai Phochanakij said that according to the DIT assessment, it was expected that the prices of many agricultural products would increase, especially those of jasmine rice, sticky rice, and non-glutinous rice. The DIT expected that the price of jasmine rice would be stable at a higher level of Bt14,000- Bt15,000 per tonne. As for glutinous rice, it would be priced at around Bt14,000 per tonne, while the price of non-glutinous rice would be Bt9,000- Bt10,000 per tonne from the current Bt8,000 per tonne since the off-season rice production would be nearly half damaged, or will yield only 3.5 million to 4 million tonnes of paddy, from the usual of around 8 million tonnes -- a 50 per cent decrease. In addition, fresh vegetable prices also will increase as the ouput of vegetables that require a lot of water, such as coriander and Chinese kale, will be damaged. The DIT has suggested the cultivation of other vegetables that have similar properties but need less water to grow. The price of lime this year could be much higher than in previous years. Therefore, the DIT has recommended that people who use a lot of limes, such as restaurants, buy them at a low price and freeze them for use during the dry season. The price of pork is expected to rise as well because of the hot weather affecting the growth of pigs in addition to the cholera outbreak among pigs in China, Vietnam and Laos, causing the price of live pigs in China to rise to Bt200 per kilogram and to Bt120 in Vietnam, while in Thailand it is still not more than Bt75. However, the DIT has discussed with the National Pig Growers Association and found that when the price exceeds Bt80 per kilogram, there may be a measure to limit exports to ensure there are sufficient quantities for pork consumption in the country and the price does not go too high. The price of palm oil is now rising. Fresh palm fruit is priced at Bt6 to Bt7 per kilogram, rising from 2019 by Bt2.50 to Bt3 per kilogram and crude palm oil is priced at Bt35 per kilogram from the previous Bt16 to Bt18 per kilogram. The price of bottled palm oil for consumption should now be at Bt42- Bt43 per bottle so that the whole system of the Thai palm oil industry can be maintained, especially palm planters who have suffered from low prices for many years. This year, when the price of palm rises, there should be opportunities for farmers. It is believed that consumers will understand this is only a short-term situation. However, consumers may turn to other vegetable oils such as soybean oil and rice bran oil or animal fat like lard oil whose prices have not increased. Regarding concerns of the drought affecting the price of drinking water -- bottled water currently retails at Bt5-Bt10 per bottle -- the DIT did not believe the drought will be so severe as to hike prices. Relevant agencies are trying to solve problems by digging wells and finding new water sources, which should help alleviate the suffering of the people and not cause the price of drinking water to increase Including the prices of other products. "From an optimistic viewpoint, the higher agricultural prices would benefit farmers from better prices but consumers may be affected in the short term. When the drought passes, agricultural prices will return to normal. However, with rising product prices, the department will use existing systems to solve problems, such as the more than 102,000 Blue Flag stores nationwide, bringing products from the source of production to distribute to various Blue Flag stores and reach consumers at a fair price," the DIT director-general said. Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30380451 -- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2020-01-13 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post saengd Posted January 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 12, 2020 "When the drought passes, agricultural prices will return to normal". You wanna bet.....price gravity doesn't exist in Thailand. 6 5 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SoilSpoil Posted January 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 13, 2020 Maybe time to import fruits and veggies without a 100% import duty. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mickymouse1 Posted January 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 13, 2020 Why farmers with Gov help are not utilising rain water for such hard time? Water management is extremely important nowadays. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 7 hours ago, webfact said: Severe drought to push agricultural product prices up Domestic rices will hit the Thai, they will be screaming down at the market. If export prices are affected then they are in serious trouble with the high baht already. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGW Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 2 hours ago, mickymouse1 said: Why farmers with Gov help are not utilising rain water for such hard time? Water management is extremely important nowadays. What do you think is in the reservoirs? problem is, in many areas there has been so little to store. Where I live in Isaan has plenty of rain water stored for the ongoing "dry" season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenKadz Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Are the Farmers Paying more for Water? Or is this just more Greed? Ain't Free Enterprise (supply and demand) Grand! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin612 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Baht is rising, fruit prices increase, you see how expensive Thailand is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake Monster Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 8 hours ago, SoilSpoil said: Maybe time to import fruits and veggies without a 100% import duty. Try a nearer 300% duty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) It feels like we already have the million baht yogurt before the drought now super price veggies on the way???? Edited January 13, 2020 by sammieuk1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number 6 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) In another article on TV the government will try to find an international buyer for fruit. So, already priced high from the value of the currency, pushed up by drought. I'm sure that's gonna be a big win all around. Thailand grows too much fruit. It needs to value add it into different products. The stuff often rots on the trees because there's no money in bringing it to market. If farmers paying for water they should be paying more as well. Dried fruit, juice, candy, whatever Edited January 13, 2020 by Number 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Looks like more inflation on the way,those lucky workers that got a 6 Thb a day pay rise,are going to be worse off than ever, as one thing they buy everyday is food, for a country that grows so much rice, i don't understand why its so expensive,and is only going to get more expensive. regards worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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