Rising rice prices are good news for farmers who are expccted to cash in - to earn a lot of money - this year. But that was not the case for some farmers in ayutthaya their paddy fields in bang Pa-in district wcrc hit by a freak hailstorm on mon-day night the storm drstroyed almost 2,000 rai of paddy that was due to be harvested in the next few days now instead of having a lot of money they find themselves deeply in debt take samroeng pongsawan of tambon nong jik for example he expected to get 1.7 million baht for his rice after the storm he now expects to earn only about 500,000 baht since it cost him 800,000 baht to grow his rice he will suffer a bad loss this year 136 words. Adapted from a story in the bangkok post by chatrudee theparat