Farming in Thailand Forum http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/ Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:54:06 +0700 10 http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Small-Scale-Rice-Dealing-t311474.html
The rubber farmers setup a co-op in Chantaburi with government money but that is a fairly large scale endeavor. I would think a small local endeavor good be financed by the average farang and not only help the poor small scale local farmers but also make an easy profit.

I don't know much about rice so if any of you rice farmers can poke holes in this idea I would appreciate the input.

I thought about this years ago when the Chantaburi farmers were dumping fruit on the street because it was so cheap it was almost worthless. Of course the trouble with fruit is there is no shelf life without first investing a lot in processing equipment. On the other hand rice can be held in storage fairly easily.

]]> Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:01:30 +0700 http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Small-Scale-Rice-Dealing-t311474.html http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Obtaining-Livestock-t310869.html Are there any livestock markets (chickens, geese ect) in Chiang Mai? Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:06:56 +0700 http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Obtaining-Livestock-t310869.html http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Logging-Trees-Cutting-Lumber-t310770.html
I have a couple of large trees on the farm that I'd like to have cut down and then cut into planks, beams, and posts to build a small Thai style guesthouse/cabin. There is a timber crew nearby that can do this with a chainsaw and a sort of mobile circular saw.

Before contacting them, I would like to know the general prices the "lumberjacks" charge for the above mention work. Do they go by the meter?

Thanks for your help.

Cheers

]]> Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:39:43 +0700 http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Logging-Trees-Cutting-Lumber-t310770.html http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Customary-Kickback-Payments-Sellin-t310244.html
Two weeks ago we sold our last years harvest to a Chinese dealer in Ban Phai - some 25 km away from our village - we filled it into bags about 30 kg each and loaded it on a truck of a neighbor who went to sell it. This year I went along because nobody else of our family had time to go. The Chinese rice dealer said to my chaufeur '10% cut' and 8.90 Baht per kilo (which is about the current market price for sticky rice) right away - before he was aware that I speak Thai. When he got aware of my understanding of Thai he went into long explanations which did not add anything to the fact that I had the choice between a 10% cut on the weight combined with a price of 8.90 Baht/kilo or no cut but only 8 Baht/kilo - which is actually quite the same.

When we had unloaded and I got paid the Chinese dealer reappeared to the scene and gave each of us a bottle of M150. He also waifed the change of about 150 Baht - rounding 38'850 up to 39'000. Lots of smiling and 'see you again next year' etc. When I went back to our truck my chauffeur lingered to the back of the house, sipping his M150 away, as if he wanted to go for a piss. I wondered if he actually would piss behind the Chinese's house...

But then he went just for two/three seconds behind the corner, then reappeared and we drove home. I didn¨t think anything about this at the moment but...

I got suspicious when a few days later I saw the bill from his own sold of his own rice which he carelessly forgot in his truck: there was no 10% cut and the price was 9.10 Baht/kilo. The price difference could be explained because it floats from day to day and dealer to dealer - but the no-cut surprised me. I talked to people in the village. Everybody complained about the 'bad cheating' Chinese rice dealers - each and every one had suffered a 10% cut on the weight.

There are two trucks in our village and there are about a dozen Chinese rice dealers who buy rice in our region. The truck owners are neighbors and friends, they get 800 Baht for a 25 km ride with 4 to 5 tons of rice.

Now I wonder if there is a kickback payment custom for chauffeurs if they supports the dealers claim for a 10% weight cut - with the fantastic reason of high humidity...

Does anybody know anything? Has anybody own experiences?

Regards

Thedi]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:25:45 +0700 http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Customary-Kickback-Payments-Sellin-t310244.html http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Guaranteed-Rice-Price-2009-t309922.html Today my wife come home and tells me that it dosent work like that. The goverment will now support every farmer with 325 bath pr rai of what they registered for. The lokal price on wet rice direct from paddy is now 10 bath pr. kilo.
What happend to the 15 bath pr kilo deal? Anybody know?]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:36:03 +0700 http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Guaranteed-Rice-Price-2009-t309922.html http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/True-Hom-Mali-Rice-Isn-t-Hom-Any-t309566.html
These days we don't get this typical Hom Mali (Jasmine) smell.

I went to Central and bought the most expensive Hom Mali rice I could find, but I still didn't get the same sweet smell.

Am I imagining things ? (If I am crazy, could you please be gentle on me.)]]> Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:45:07 +0700 http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/True-Hom-Mali-Rice-Isn-t-Hom-Any-t309566.html http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Cowhides-Mr-Wiggle-t309473.html Full hides mostly back & brown with smaller (½) pieces available in imprinted patterns.

Pinging MF, what’s a fair price for a full hide & ½ hide. ?

Thanks !


]]> Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:17:25 +0700 http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Cowhides-Mr-Wiggle-t309473.html http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Rubber-1st-Tapping-t309392.html We have some trees that are ready, 6 year old and of sufficient size. I am told the first tapping should be cut 1 day rest 1 day for a while. Also the first cuts harvest is no good and needs to be thrown out. Is this information correct? Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:01:21 +0700 http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Rubber-1st-Tapping-t309392.html http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/-t309374.html
I am a new member here. just registed today...I don't know anything much about this site, but I tried to post a topic on classified to sell my house,,but it doesn't work. Any one here can give me suggestion? how to make it work there?


Thank you in advance
Thanatcha]]> Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:22:34 +0700 http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/-t309374.html http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Importing-Fertilizer-t309204.html
I am a trader of fertilizer based between the United States and Philippines. I am interested in expanding to Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos, but I'm not really sure where to start. I don't have many contacts in Asia outside of China and the Philippines. Can anyone recommend a place to start? Our main products are Sopmg (certified organic), Urea low biuret, and MOP. We also deal other fertilizers (DAP, etc) on smaller scales.]]> Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:08:59 +0700 http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Importing-Fertilizer-t309204.html