Archive for February 13th, 2015

The Thai Rice Exporters Association has disclosed that this year’s drought would likely diminish about 30% of the projected 5-6 million tons of off-season rice output in the Central Region during the 1st round of off-season farming. The issues may affect the nation’s plan to remain as the number-one rice exporter in the ASEAN Region and the world.

According to Honorary President of the Association, Shukiate Opaswong, if the drought intensifies in April, the output on the 2nd round would be ...

MANHATTAN, KANSAS, U.S. — In theory, grain sorghum should yield just as much as corn in Kansas, given the same amount of fertilizer and with substantially less water, according to Kansas State University (KSU) agronomist Tesfaye Tesso.

In practice, this has not yet happened consistently. New experimental lines in advanced testing at KSU are about to change that, however, said Tesso, who is a sorghum breeder with KSU Research and Extension. These advancements are thanks in large part to funding from ...