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MY2017/18 cultivation for main-crop rice and corn is occurring much sooner than MY2016/17 cultivation due to favorable rainfall and sufficient reservoir levels.

Export prices further increased four to six percent, except for fragrant rice prices, which remained steady.

A 2016 Borlaug Fellowship Program Alumni has developed a dietary risk assessment spreadsheet that is now used in both the pesticide registration process and the establishment of pesticide maximum....

Export prices further increased two to three percent, except for fragrant rice prices which remained steady.

Export prices increased two to three percent due to several new inquiries for fragrant and white rice.

Export prices remain steady as the weakening Thai baht offset the price pressure caused by the upcoming rice shipments to Iran.

MY2017/18 main-crop rice and corn planting is unlikely to be delayed due to favorable rainfall and a recovery in reservoir levels.

Despite the sale of around two million metric tons of old-crop food-grade rice stocks this week, export prices increased around two percent as exporters are seeking new-crop white rice...

On January 27, 2017, the Thai Food and Drug Administration notified the WTO (G/SPS/N/THA/183/Rev.1) on the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) Notification Regarding Food Containing Pesticide Residue.

Export prices further declined one to two percent in anticipation of the sale of all the remaining food-grade government rice stocks on February 16, 2017.

Export prices declined one to two percent due to the sales of government rice stocks associated with the tender for 3.8 million metric tons on July 25.

The planting of the MY2016/17 main rice crop is still 30 percent behind last year. Aggressive sales of government stocks will likely increase Thai rice exports to 9 million metric tons in 2016.