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50 turkeys from poults to adult are for sale singly or in lots. Please PM me for details.

One problem with cassava is that, after a season of good prices, more people want to grow it on their farms and other bits of land and the market price then falls as a result. The government has introduced a new scheme but, perhaps not surprisingly here, those who drafted the detail haven't go it quite right or clear.

More important than ad hoc rice and cassava price support, loans or subsidies schemes is the ...

According to this article in the Mail, this new device can dispose of two different kinds of unwanted intruder on your land:

Weedinator! The new pesticide-free way to clear your garden. But beware... it packs as many volts as the electric chair

By Valerie Elliott

Last updated at 1:25 AM on 22nd January 2012

It could be the ultimate dream machine for gardeners – an electric gadget that kills weeds in seconds without using harmful ...

I'm researching hydroponic techniques and equipment suppliers in Thailand. This company in Bankapi looks promising:

http://en.bangsaiagro.com/

Does anyone have any experience of hydroponics or know where there are suppliers of nutrients in the Korat area, please?

Most creatures in the garden and jungle are harmless but some give painful bits and stings and a few may be dangerous.

Here, for starters, is a nasty centipede that will give you some real pain. Don't be tempted to be brave if you see one because you may be allergic to its venom and then you will be in serious trouble.

This from The State (South Carolina):

Thai rice subsidy scheme to push up world prices
By THANYARAT DOKSONE - Associated Press

BANGKOK — Thailand's plan to pay its rice growers far above market rates is expected to push up prices for the staple that feeds almost half the world's people as rice importing nations look to other countries for tightened supplies. A new government in Thailand, the world's biggest rice exporter, has promised growers higher ...

You thought you knew all of the scams, didn't you? Did you know about the government food award schemes? The link below gives the official line and the usual clap trap. I particularly like the suggestion that workers should produce to the same standards that they use at home!

I have heard about one example of the testing that goes on. A group of local notables tuck into a meals prepared from businesses producing the ...

Peacocks are supposed to be common in Asia, especially India. Has anyone ever seen or heard of peacocks in Thailand?

Does anyone have any knowledge or experience of raising gai nuang?

Farmers' ire grows over inaction on low rice price

* Published: 25/02/2010 at 12:00 AM
* Newspaper section: News

Thousands of farmers are planning to descend on Bangkok tomorrow to put pressure on the government to solve the problems caused by the low price of rice.

Wichian: Manyin debt due to low price

The rally comes on the same day as the Supreme Court is due to deliver its ruling in the case of ...