Wednesday, 5 March 2008

freshly harvested rice for drying in Ayutthaya, Thailand


A mill worker prepares different samples of rice for pricing, in Chiang Mail, Thailand, on Tuesday, March 4, 2008. Rice prices in Thailand last week surpassed $500 a metric ton, the highest since at least 1989, the FT reports.

A mill worker prices rice from a local supplier, in Chiang Mail, Thailand, on Tuesday, March 4, 2008. Rice prices in Thailand last week surpassed $500 a metric ton, the highest since at least 1989, the FT reports.

A farmer tends to newly planted rice crops in a paddy in Chiang Mail, Thailand, on Tuesday, March 4, 2008. Rice prices in Thailand last week surpassed $500 a metric ton, the highest since at least 1989, the FT reports.

Farmers tend to newly planted rice crops in a paddy in Chiang Mail, Thailand, on Tuesday, March 4, 2008. Rice prices in Thailand last week surpassed $500 a metric ton, the highest since at least 1989, the FT reports.

A farmer plants wet rice in a paddy in Chiang Mail, Thailand, on Tuesday, March 4, 2008. Rice prices in Thailand last week surpassed $500 a metric ton, the highest since at least 1989, the FT reports.

Dried rice is ready for milling, in Ayutthaya, Thailand, from May 2007. Rice prices in Thailand last week surpassed $500 a metric ton, the highest since at least 1989, the FT reports.

A tractor rakes through freshly harvested rice for drying in Ayutthaya, Thailand, from May 2007. Rice prices in Thailand last week surpassed $500 a metric ton, the highest since at least 1989, the FT reports. Photographer: Adam Oswell/Bloomberg News

A worker measures out rice for a customer at a local village wholesale outlet in Chiang Mail, Thailand, on Tuesday, March 4, 2008. Rice prices in Thailand last week surpassed $500 a metric ton, the highest since at least 1989, the FT reports.


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