AgrotechA rice and mung bean grower in Thailand's Nakhon Sawan province trialled a New Holland tractor and mulcher in the 2026 harvest to chop rice straw and keep it in the field, an alternative to the open burning that sends about 4.8 million tons of straw up in smoke in central Thailand each year.
CropsThai agriculture ministry figures show floods since late August have hit 42 provinces, damaging 1.31 million rai of rice and leaving 3.89 million poultry dead or missing.
WorldNearly 300mm of rain in two days in parts of Thailand's capital has left about 40 dead and thousands in more than 230 shelters, with more heavy rain forecast next week.
EnvironmentFloods since 16 September have covered 41 Thai provinces and killed at least eight people, after Bangkok received 320 mm of rain in two to three days.
LivestockA June European Commission audit found Thailand's export guarantees undermined by weaknesses in traceability, veterinary controls and HACCP verification; the UFU's Clement Lynch says food security is national security.
A Chinese-backed quarantine hub at Bang Saphan port would send 1.2 million head a year, one and a half times Australia's 792,077 exports in 2025; Beef Central's South-East Asia correspondent doubts a herd of 1.38 million smallholders can assemble 3,300 export cattle a day, but notes Thai slaughter s
FruitsChina imported $18.94 billion of fruit in 2025, led by durian from Thailand and Vietnam, according to its food and farm produce trade chamber. A Jagonews24 report in June 2026 cited analysts who saw the market as an opportunity for Bangladeshi fruit.
Speakers at a Jagonews24 roundtable said fruit worth Tk 25,000 to 50,000 crore is wasted every year for lack of processing, and called for coordinated action on marketing, processing and exports.
The flat-headed cat, one of the world's rarest wild cats, has been photographed in Thailand for the first time in nearly three decades.
A Thai mango variety called Chiang Mai, said to be the biggest mango in the country, is on sale at Kansat market in Chapainawabganj for Tk 7,000 a maund.
FruitsWith open land vanishing from cities, Thai sweet tamarind has become a favourite of rooftop gardeners: a grafted plant in a large tub fruits twice a year, in the monsoon and in winter.
An elephant in Thailand has given birth to twins, a male and a female, which her caretakers have described as a miracle.
Six Indian nationals were detained at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport after 87 animals, including a red panda, were found in their luggage.
