Charoen Pokphand Foods Merges Subsidiaries
THAILAND - The SET-listed Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc (CPF) has consolidated 10 units operating agro-industrial and food businesses into a new firm, CPF (Thailand) Plc.

Barbecued Rats Fetch More Than UK Pork
THAILAND - While on a recent trip to Thailand, Stephen Curtis, chairman of international pig breeding company ACMC, spotted rat carcases hung up for sale at the roadside, fetching more in price than British...

Pork Surplus Likely to Soon Turn to Shortage
THAILAND - Pork could be harder to find starting in January, as pig producers are now rushing to sell their live animals for short-term profit in order to avoid risking greater loss from the floods.

Floods Claim More Than 300,000 Pigs
THAILAND - Following the loss of at least 300,000 pigs in the floods, producers are asking the government to extend the current import tariff waiver on feed ingredients, a move introduced to control food...

Commerce Ministry to Curb High Pork Prices
THAILAND - Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has instructed the Commerce Ministry to quickly address the rising price of pork, Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Kittirat Na Ranong said on T...

Pork Price Control a Challenge for Incoming Minister
THAILAND - Kittirat Na Ranong, who is likely to be the new commerce minister, will have to tackle the problem of soaring prices of pork, fresh foods and other consumer goods urgently after the ministry's...

Government Imposes Pork Price Controls
THAILAND - Since the end of last week, the government has added further controls to the prices of pigs and pork.

Blue-Ear Pig Disease Strikes in Thailand Again
THAILAND - Pig producers expect the present high pork prices to come down over the next six months as new pigs entering the market make up for the present shortfall being blamed on a virus.

Govt Regulates Chicken and Pork Prices
THAILAND - The retail price of chicken has been cut and consumers will also pay less for pork in future.

Swine Breeders Protest Against Price Control
THAILAND - Swine breeders in Nakhon Ratchasima have voiced their complaints over the government's control on pork prices, against higher operating costs.

Ban on Border Pig Exports to Hold Down Retail Price
THAILAND - The Internal Trade Department expects pork prices to drop soon after it suspends swine exports across the borders to neighbouring countries this week.

Vendors Convinced to Freeze Pork Prices
THAILAND - After convincing pork vendors to freeze their prices at Bt130-Bt135 per kilogram, the Commerce Ministry will soon request prepared-food makers to lower their prices, due to concern over skyrocketing...

PM Wants Pork and Egg Prices Slashed
THAILAND - Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has authorised the Commerce Ministry to consider ways to reduce the price of pork and eggs without hurting farmers.

Betagro Pig Farms Win Certification
THAILAND - Betagro Group's swine business has taken a crucial step forward after the government certified its seven farms meet food safety production standards.

Ministry Moves to Hold Down Egg, Pork Prices
THAILAND - The Commerce Ministry has called for egg producers to slow exports for six months, while it has frozen pork prices for three months to curb rising consumer costs.

Pork Exports to Continue
THAILAND - The government has extended the current ban on egg exports until October to prevent local shortages but has decided against the introduction of a ban on pork exports.

Thai Ag Parties Urged to Lower DDGS, CGM Tariffs
THAILAND - With assistance from the Foreign Agricultural Service in Bangkok and the Thai Feed Millers Association, the US Grains Council brought together key decision makers from the Thai Feed Association...

Soy Duty Cut Ahead to Reduce Food Prices
THAILAND - To reduce the cost of food in the shops, the government is to cut the duty on imported soybean meal.

Floods Cause Widespread Losses
THAILAND - Help is being offered to farmers who have lost poultry, livestock and fish in recent floods.

Govt Orders Feed Manufacturers to Drop Prices
THAILAND - The government has instructed feed manufacturers to cut prices to livestock producers by 25 per cent in order to reduce meat prices for consumers.

Betagro Signs Pork Deal with Khon Kaen Municipality
THAILAND - Agribusiness and food conglomerate the Betagro Group yesterday signed a concession deal with Khon Kaen municipality's pork processing plant and earmarked 70 million baht (THB) to raise its standards....

Thailand's Pork Prices on Hold for Now
THAILAND - Retailers have pledged to cap pork prices at 110-115 baht per kilogramme during the New Year festive season, says Chutima Bunyapraphasara, director-general of the Internal Trade Department.

CP Sees Profits Soar
THAILAND - South East Asian meat and fish processing company, Charoen Pokphand Foods, has posted profits of Baht 8,080 million for the first nine months of the year - up from Baht 2,824 million last y...

Betagro Says Industry Needs Six Months to Recover
THAILAND - Positive statements about the future of the food industry were made at the World of Food Asia 2009 exhibition yesterday but an executive from Betagro said it would take six months for the local...