Quote Originally Posted by piwanoi View Post
Yeah Jim quite correct ,it begs the question though as to just how much the Rice farmers will receive per tonne in a couple of Months up here in the North East .
Market price is my bet and they'll be crying, governments fault.
It's a stark choice for rice and other farmers, you want a better life style you can't do things in the old ways. Stay in the passed and live the old way or adapt to new things, don't but a new pickup, buy a tractor, rice harvester, pumps etc.


On another rubber note, India recorded a 26% drop in production for August compared to August 2013, wages for tappers are similar to Thailand and mostly small family run plantation.
Would think output numbers here will be on par, think any surplus has or will be gone. Jim