Floods ravaging vast plots of farmland in many areas nationwide are likely to delay by two weeks harvesting of the main crop of the country's 2022-23 season, limiting output for the season which usually gets underway in early November.
According to Chookiat Ophaswongse, honorary president of the Thai Rice Exporters Association, floods resulting from Typhoon Noru in late September and heavy rains during the early part of this month may reduce the country's main rice crop, but it is too early to estimate the value of damage because flooding continues in many parts of the country.
