Farmers clinging on sticky rice, price plummeting 8,000 baht / ton, risking further falling

Mr. Sirichai Statisticswanich The former chairman of the rice mill club in Chiang Rai revealed to the "economic base" that on October 4, 2020, the price of sticky rice about fresh At the beginning of the season, the price is less than 20%, the price is 8,000 baht / ton, tends to continue to plummet. Because we heard that China has grown about 3 million tons of glutinous rice instead of imports The same is true for Vietnam and Cambodia. Has been added From last year Therefore, farmers turned to grow more rice In addition, the liquidity of the mill is poor. Therefore, if the government does not have any measures to support The price is definitely lower than this. The worst may see the lowest price of 5,000-6,000 baht / ton, in line with Mr. Suthep Kong, honorary president of the Thai Farmer and Farmer Association. And a member of the National Rice Policy and Administration (NDC) said that this year's rice price is worrisome. Therefore, requesting the government to ...