Rice steady amid flooding in Thailand

[webfact]

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By John Reidy

BANGKOK, THAILAND — Flooding in Thailand had a minimal impact on rice production, corn growers are seeing a slightly smaller crop on less acreage and wheat imports are up significantly year-over-year, according to a Global Agricultural Information Network report from the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

 

FAS Bangkok Post’s outlook for marketing year 2022-23 rice production remains unchanged from previous forecasts at 19.9 million tonnes, up slightly from 19.87 million tonnes in 2021-22. Precipitation between January and October 2022 was well above last year while damage from flooding on main-crop rice production from August to October was marginal. Flooding did delay the main-crop rice harvest in some areas of the northeastern region due to slow water drainage.

 

The 2022-23 forecast for corn production also remains unchanged at 5.2 million tonnes, 2% lower than last year due to expected lower offseason corn acreage. 

 

Full story: https://www.world-grain.com/articles/17853-rice-steady-amid-flooding-in-thailand

 

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[ikke1959]

because all ricefields are being sold to build houses.....and nothing has any impact on whatsoever in Thailand... everything is going better, y o y if you believe the news..

[hotchilli]

20 hours ago, webfact said:

Flooding in Thailand had a minimal impact on rice production,

When the floods were here farmers were saying their crops were ruined and were seeking financial compensation?

[Muhendis]

On 12/17/2022 at 10:01 AM, webfact said:

Global Agricultural Information Network report from the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Wow.

That sounds so impressive people reading it might actually believe it.

I am intimately familiar with the truth of rice failures this year in Thailand.

I strongly suspect the original information was fed to the FAS by TAT using their trusty tourist calculator or perhaps they lent it to the department of rice production