Quote Originally Posted by thaiguzzi View Post
26 baht per kg at auction this week, i was told yesterday. This being the 3rd auction of the new season, starting on Mar 9th. I did'nt know any of the above till yesterday, normally first auctions are late April, early March.
We still have'nt even started tapping. Post Sonkran when we open the trees. Dry and hot, no rain in months...
Been a steady price rise at the the export rubber auctions, about a Baht a day for the last few weeks.

From what I've read, the tire companies at getting worried about supply, general decrease in output overall, but the drought, El nino is the unknown factor, that's when speculators move in.

So things looking up, as said, we've opened our trees , takes awhile for them to get up to speed and it's still way to hot, fingers crossed and a reasonable season ahead.