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Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Thai corn output to remain unchanged despite acute drought
Thailand still expects to produce 4.8 million tonnes of corn thisyear while battling its worst drought ever in more than a decade.
Friday, August 1, 2014
Thai corn price soar despite completion of seeding of new crop (week ended Jul 7, 2014)
After the United States announced a preliminary TIP Tier 3 rating for Thai employment in the fishery industry, the industry concentrated more on standards. The final United States TIP report will be officially announced in September 2014.
Friday, February 28, 2014
Thai corn price seasonally higher due to low production (week ended Feb 17, 2014)
The Thai fishmeal industry has made improvement in production with acceptable quality standards. There are 40 GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) and HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Point) qualified Thai factories, with 60 pending approval of ...
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Thai corn price higher after end of big harvest in December (week ended Jan 20, 2014)
Cultivated area of corn for 2013/14 is expected to be 2.88 million acres, an increase from 2.86 million acres in 2012/13. All of the increase is accounted for by the replacement from soybean and cassava cultivated area. Total corn productio ...
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Corn import from Cambodia hits Thai corn price (week ended Aug 19)
Purchase price of corn at feed mills continue to decrease, amid stricter inspection by feed millers. Some feed mills have passed lower grade corn to cereal factories to process into cereals for human consumption. The government has not impl ...
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Increased corn import from Cambodia brings down Thai corn price (week ended Jul 24)
Low fishmeal supply from the fishing ban at Andaman gulf closing pushed price higher to THB31.80/kg (US$1.02/kg), from THB 30.30/kg (US$0.974/kg) last week. The government's paddy rice auction programme is the main reason for the easing of ...
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Thai corn and cassava output seem higher in 2013/14 (week ended June 24)
Local corn supply is quite high, with the inventory of imported corn from Laos for re-export. However, official purchase prices in many feed mills are still stable and on the high side this week, at about THB10.40-10.35/kg (US$0.334-0.332/k ...
Monday, June 17, 2013
Corn imports from Laos may hurt next Thai corn crop (week ended June 10)
According to the Cabinet's resolution since January 2013, Thailand is permitted to import 200,000 tonnes of corn from Laos for re-export to a third country. Big batches of exports have been rejected by Vietnam due to the low quality, result ...
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Export of excess corn to Vietnam lifts Thai corn prices (week ended May 27)
Local corn prices plunged during the first two weeks of May when 350,000 tonnes of wheat were imported by big feed mills due to lower wheat price in the Chicago market. This situation resulted in excess corn supply and lowered corn prices s ...
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Thai corn prices soar again after end of second crop (week ended Feb 18)
For Thai cassava production in 2013, the expected crop cultivation area is 3.16 acres, totalling production of 27.55 million tonnes, while February 2013 production is about 5.19 million tonnes, or 18.85% of the whole year's production for t ...
Friday, September 14, 2012
Thai Feed Weekly: China's economic slowdown drags Thai corn prices down (week ended Sep 10)
Although the global corn situation remains volatile with the US Midwest struggling with the worst drought in decades, Thailand's corn prices began to soften lately. Until last week, the price of Thai corn hovered at a four-year high of over ...
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Thai Feed Weekly: Thai corn prices soften on increased local harvests (Week ended Sep 3, 2012)
Until last week, the price of Thai corn hovered at a four-year high of over THB12/kg (US$.39/kg) as the drought in the US Midwest threatened to substantially cut global corn supply. In July, the US Department of Agriculture trimmed its corn ...
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Thai Feed Weekly: Thai corn price breaches THB12/kg for the first time in four years (week ended Aug 27)
The last time corn prices reached beyond THB12/kg (US$0.38) in Thailand was during the oil crisis in 2008 when tonnes of corn and other grains across the globe were diverted to ethanol production to ease the energy shortage. Corn supply loo ...
Friday, August 10, 2012
Thai Feed Weekly: US drought further drives Thai corn and soybean prices up (week ended Aug 6)
Amid soaring feed raw material prices, the Thai Feed Meal Association pressed anew this week for the scrapping of the 2% import tax on soymeal. Pornsilp Patcharintanakul, president of the association, says the severe drought in the US has u ...
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Thai Feed Weekly: Dim Asean corn outlook driving Thai corn prices up (week ended Jul 30)
Thailand's Commerce Ministry had earlier predicted that domestic corn prices could drop sharply in July, when up to 80% of the country's corn production is usually harvested. The US Department of Agriculture sees Thai corn output in 2012 to ...

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