Disappearing Cows

[bannork]

In our village there used to be several families rearing cows, but what with the drop in price, less grazing land available as more people grow rice, only my sister-in law is left with a herd.

Has anyone else noticed the same thing? BTW, if the government does renege on its price subsidy scheme for rice this harvest that's going to be bad news for a lot of farmers.

[PaddyThai]

In our village there used to be several families rearing cows, but what with the drop in price, less grazing land available as more people grow rice, only my sister-in law is left with a herd.

Has anyone else noticed the same thing? BTW, if the government does renege on its price subsidy scheme for rice this harvest that's going to be bad news for a lot of farmers.

I guess people who kept there cows might get a decent price for them now. All this rain should mean theres plenty of grazing about.

[farmerjo]

The cow selling structure in thailand would have to be the most difficult in the world,the only people i see make money out of cows are the middle men going from market to market.Would be nice to see a set of scales at every market place to help the laman thai cow producers.