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AQUACULTURE


Farm Ministry issues norms for fishing operations
WITH a recent revalidation of India's marine fisheries potential showing that "fishing pressure'' on the stocks in the near-shore waters going up considerably, the Ministry of Agriculture has come out with a string of guidelines recently to ... More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES


Tomato prices dip in Karnataka
BANGALORE: Farmers of North Karnataka are now faced with the price slump for tomatoes. Coming on the heels of the price slump in onion, the farmers are in a quandary as they are saddled with heavy burden of loans taken for growing ... More

RUBBER


Rubber prices slip further
RUBBER prices continued to decline on rising supply, especially due to fresh inflow of supplies from interior plantation areas. The market is seen getting enough rubber in the next few days as long as the downward trend persists. Buying has ... More

TEA


The TMCO controversy: Strike raises lots of queries
A DAY after buyers have called a nationwide strike from January 18 over the Tea (Marketing) Control Order 2003 (TMCO), a series of questions are being raised in concerned industry circles. Will the strike be at all effective? Can the buyers ... More

Indcoserve plays solo at Coonoor
ONLY a single buyer took part in the Coonoor auctions for the dust grades on Friday, when it ended abruptly after an hour of start. Indcoserve, the State-managed apex body of the co-operative tea factories, was the only buyer but it bought some ... More

TMCO: FMCG cos seen affected
The order is seen affecting blenders and picketers. HLL and Tata Tea may be impacted by the order More

Plucking hopes
An estate worker plucking tea at Nanjanadu, near Udhagamandalam in Tamil Nadu. Many tea growers have stopped plucking tea leaves on account of low prices. To add to their woes, buyers have stopped taking part in auctions in protest against the ... More

Southern buyers join sales boycott
THE National Tea Auction Buyers' Association Coordination Committee, South India Chapter has decided to stop buying in auction with immediate effect. The buyers from the three southern tea auction centres of Kochi, Coonoor and Coimbatore met ... More

TECHNOLOGY


RRL transfers new technology to Hyderabad co
THE Regional Research Laboratory, Thiruvananthapuram (RRL-T) has transferred its latest `Swing Technology' for making food colours, spice flavours and extractions from fresh or dry spices and botanicals to Prudent Natural Products based in ... More

COFFEE


Heavy withdrawals at ICTA auctions
With the rates offered not meeting growers' expectations, a large volume was withdrawn from Thursday's auctions. The domestic trade bought selectively while exporters showed some interest in Arabicas. The New York coffee futures reached ... More

POULTRY


TN farmers to cull broilers at 65 weeks — 20 pc output cut move to prop dormant prices
STAGNANT prices in the live chicken market has forced broiler producers in Tamil Nadu to roll out a production cut plan once again. This they hope will arrest the price falling below the production cost. The chicken producers representative ... More
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