As rice prices soar, Thailand farmers start storing grains

摘要

Pranee On-lamoon gazes anxiously at her newly planted rice paddy, hoping to cash in on a price rally that has so far eluded most Thai growers. Like many farmers in the heart of Thailand's main rice growing region, Pranee was spurred to grow a rare third crop of the staple grain after supply fears across Asia in the last four months pushed rice prices to historic highs.