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  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Workers harvest sugarcane by hand in a field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. First they burn weeds and loose chaff out of the field before going through it with machetes and scythes to cut the stalks of sugarcane. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Workers harvest sugarcane by hand in a field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. First they burn weeds and loose chaff out of the field before going through it with machetes and scythes to cut the stalks of sugarcane. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Scorched sugarcane ready to be harvested in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Workers they burn weeds and loose chaff out of the field before going through it with machetes and scythes to cut the stalks of sugarcane. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiSugarCaneHarvest045.jpg
  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Workers harvest sugarcane by hand in a field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. First they burn weeds and loose chaff out of the field before going through it with machetes and scythes to cut the stalks of sugarcane. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiSugarCaneHarvest044.jpg
  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Workers harvest sugarcane by hand in a field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. First they burn weeds and loose chaff out of the field before going through it with machetes and scythes to cut the stalks of sugarcane. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiSugarCaneHarvest038.jpg
  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Workers harvest sugarcane by hand in a field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. First they burn weeds and loose chaff out of the field before going through it with machetes and scythes to cut the stalks of sugarcane. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiSugarCaneHarvest031.jpg
  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Workers harvest sugarcane by hand in a field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. First they burn weeds and loose chaff out of the field before going through it with machetes and scythes to cut the stalks of sugarcane. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Workers harvest sugarcane by hand in a field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. First they burn weeds and loose chaff out of the field before going through it with machetes and scythes to cut the stalks of sugarcane. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiSugarCaneHarvest026.jpg
  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Workers harvest sugarcane by hand in a field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. First they burn weeds and loose chaff out of the field before going through it with machetes and scythes to cut the stalks of sugarcane. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiSugarCaneHarvest042.jpg
  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Workers harvest sugarcane by hand in a field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. First they burn weeds and loose chaff out of the field before going through it with machetes and scythes to cut the stalks of sugarcane. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Workers harvest sugarcane by hand in a field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. First they burn weeds and loose chaff out of the field before going through it with machetes and scythes to cut the stalks of sugarcane. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Workers harvest sugarcane by hand in a field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. First they burn weeds and loose chaff out of the field before going through it with machetes and scythes to cut the stalks of sugarcane. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiSugarCaneHarvest036.jpg
  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Workers harvest sugarcane by hand in a field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. First they burn weeds and loose chaff out of the field before going through it with machetes and scythes to cut the stalks of sugarcane. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiSugarCaneHarvest033.jpg
  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Workers harvest sugarcane by hand in a field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. First they burn weeds and loose chaff out of the field before going through it with machetes and scythes to cut the stalks of sugarcane. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiSugarCaneHarvest049.jpg
  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Workers harvest sugarcane by hand in a field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. First they burn weeds and loose chaff out of the field before going through it with machetes and scythes to cut the stalks of sugarcane. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiSugarCaneHarvest032.jpg
  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Workers harvest sugarcane by hand in a field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. First they burn weeds and loose chaff out of the field before going through it with machetes and scythes to cut the stalks of sugarcane. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiSugarCaneHarvest053.jpg
  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Workers harvest sugarcane by hand in a field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. First they burn weeds and loose chaff out of the field before going through it with machetes and scythes to cut the stalks of sugarcane. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Workers harvest sugarcane by hand in a field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. First they burn weeds and loose chaff out of the field before going through it with machetes and scythes to cut the stalks of sugarcane. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiSugarCaneHarvest037.jpg
  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A worker drinks a glass of water while harvesting sugarcane by hand in a field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. First workers burn weeds and loose chaff out of the field before going through it with machetes and scythes to cut the stalks of sugarcane. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiSugarCaneHarvest054.jpg
  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Workers harvest sugarcane by hand in a field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. First they burn weeds and loose chaff out of the field before going through it with machetes and scythes to cut the stalks of sugarcane. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiSugarCaneHarvest050.jpg
  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Workers harvest sugarcane by hand in a field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. First they burn weeds and loose chaff out of the field before going through it with machetes and scythes to cut the stalks of sugarcane. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiSugarCaneHarvest047.jpg
  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Workers harvest sugarcane by hand in a field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. First they burn weeds and loose chaff out of the field before going through it with machetes and scythes to cut the stalks of sugarcane. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiSugarCaneHarvest040.jpg
  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Workers harvest sugarcane by hand in a field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. First they burn weeds and loose chaff out of the field before going through it with machetes and scythes to cut the stalks of sugarcane. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiSugarCaneHarvest039.jpg
  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Workers harvest sugarcane by hand in a field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. First they burn weeds and loose chaff out of the field before going through it with machetes and scythes to cut the stalks of sugarcane. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiSugarCaneHarvest034.jpg
  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Workers harvest sugarcane by hand in a field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. First they burn weeds and loose chaff out of the field before going through it with machetes and scythes to cut the stalks of sugarcane. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiSugarCaneHarvest051.jpg
  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Workers harvest sugarcane by hand in a field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. First they burn weeds and loose chaff out of the field before going through it with machetes and scythes to cut the stalks of sugarcane. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND:  A mechanical sugarcane harvester rolls onto a sugarcane field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Workers harvest sugarcane by hand in a field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. First they burn weeds and loose chaff out of the field before going through it with machetes and scythes to cut the stalks of sugarcane. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiSugarCaneHarvest052.jpg
  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Workers harvest sugarcane by hand in a field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. First they burn weeds and loose chaff out of the field before going through it with machetes and scythes to cut the stalks of sugarcane. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiSugarCaneHarvest030.jpg
  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Workers harvest sugarcane by hand in a field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. First they burn weeds and loose chaff out of the field before going through it with machetes and scythes to cut the stalks of sugarcane. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Workers harvest sugarcane by hand in a field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. First they burn weeds and loose chaff out of the field before going through it with machetes and scythes to cut the stalks of sugarcane. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiSugarCaneHarvest028.jpg
  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND:  Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - THUNG LUK NOK, NAKHON PATHOM, THAILAND: A sugarcane worker stacks cut sugarcane in a field in Thung Luk Nok. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    2017SugarcaneHarvest062.jpg
  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    2017SugarcaneHarvest036.jpg
  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - THUNG LUK NOK, NAKHON PATHOM, THAILAND: A sugarcane worker stacks cut sugarcane in a field in Thung Luk Nok. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A sugarcane worker stacks cut sugarcane in a field in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    2017SugarcaneHarvest058.jpg
  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND:  Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    2017SugarcaneHarvest047.jpg
  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND:  Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    2017SugarcaneHarvest046.jpg
  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: The crew chief on a sugarcane cutting crew waits for his workers to clear a field on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A sugarcane worker stacks cut sugarcane in a field in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND:  Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND:  Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: The crew chief on a sugarcane cutting crew waits for his workers to clear a field on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND:  Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A mechanical sugarcane harvester clear cuts a field in Kanchanaburi province of Thailand. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Sunrise in a sugarcane field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A worker carries away stalks of sugarcane after a mechanical harvester clear cut the field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND:  A sugarcane worker eats a piece of sugarcane in a cane field in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A worker goes through a field looking for salvageable stalks of sugarcane after a mechanical harvester clear cut the field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Dust swirls around a sugarcane worker stacking cut sugarcane in a field in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A baby sleeps in a hammock on the edge of a sugarcane field on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A worker goes through a field looking for salvageable stalks of sugarcane after a mechanical harvester clear cut the field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A worker goes through a field looking for salvageable stalks of sugarcane after a mechanical harvester clear cut the field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A worker goes through a field looking for salvageable stalks of sugarcane after a mechanical harvester clear cut the field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A sugarcane worker stacks cut sugarcane in a field in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND:  Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND:  A mechanical sugarcane harvester clear cuts a field in Kanchanaburi province of Thailand. Wat Huai Ta Khian is in the background. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A worker goes through a field looking for salvageable stalks of sugarcane after a mechanical harvester clear cut the field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Workers walk through sugarcane stubble after a mechanical harvester clear cut the field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A mechanical sugarcane harvester clear cuts a field in Kanchanaburi province of Thailand. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Trucks loaded with sugarcane wait to get into a sugar mill in Tha Mai, Kanchanaburi. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND:  A mechanical sugarcane harvester clear cuts a field in Kanchanaburi province of Thailand. Wat Huai Ta Khian is in the background. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A mechanical sugarcane harvester clear cuts a field in Kanchanaburi province of Thailand. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A worker goes through a field looking for salvageable stalks of sugarcane after a mechanical harvester clear cut the field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiSugarCaneHarvest025.jpg
  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND:  Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    2017SugarcaneHarvest053.jpg
  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    2017SugarcaneHarvest035.jpg
  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    2017SugarcaneHarvest031.jpg
  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    2017SugarcaneHarvest019.jpg
  • 24 JANUARY 2017 - PHRA THAEN, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Sugarcane workers cut cane on a sugarcane plantation in Phra Thaen. Thai government  officials recently announced that they plan to float sugar prices later this year or early in 2018. Wholesale prices are currently set by the Cane and Sugar Board, a part of the Industry Ministry, while the Commerce Ministry sets the retail price. Thailand has fixed retail prices of sugar to guarantee a profit for farmers. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of sugar, after Brazil. Thai sugar production is expected to drop by more than three percent because of the lingering drought that crippled agriculture through 2015 and 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    2017SugarcaneHarvest014.jpg
  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A worker gets ready to go through a sugarcane field looking for salvageable  stubble after a mechanical harvester clear cuts the field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiSugarCaneHarvest023.jpg
  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A worker goes through a field looking for salvageable stalks of sugarcane after a mechanical harvester clear cut the field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiSugarCaneHarvest015.jpg
  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A worker goes through a field looking for salvageable stalks of sugarcane after a mechanical harvester clear cut the field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiSugarCaneHarvest007.jpg
  • 09 FEBRUARY 2015 - THA MAI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A worker carries away stalks of sugarcane after a mechanical harvester clear cut the field in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Thailand is the world's second leading sugar exporter after Brazil. The 2015 sugarcane harvest in Thailand is expected to fall about 5% compared to the 2014 harvest because of a continuing drought in Southeast Asia. Brazilian production is also expected to fall this year because of ongoing drought in Brazil. Australia, the number 3 sugar exporter, is also expected to see a smaller harvest this year because of continuing draught in Australia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiSugarCaneHarvest005.jpg
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