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Indian rice exports likely to decline; Thailand may gain
A RECOVERY in India's rice production is likely to more than offset the decline in China as a result of which the world rice output is likely to expand 3 per cent in 2003-04, while consumption is projected to grow by less than one per cent to ... More

ANIMALS & LIVESTOCK


Bill on cow slaughter covers bulls too
Bulls and male calves have today emerged as the mainstay of the country's Rs 4,500-crore cattle meat (beef and veal) industry. More

FERTILISERS


Fertiliser sales disappoint despite good monsoon — Urea import, DAP pricing policy decisions put off
Sale of DAP so far has been 8.8 lakh tonnes against 12.8 lakh tonnes during the same period last year. More

SUGAR


ISMA seeks review of cane pricing policy
THE Indian Sugar Mills' Association (ISMA) has urged the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) to review the sugarcane pricing policy recommended by it for the year 2003-04. Burgeoning sugar stocks, on the one hand, and the ... More

`Promote sugar exports through bilateral ties'
"Export of sugar can be incorporated in bilateral agreements." More

TEA


Mixed trend at Kochi tea sales
MIXED trend witnessed in tea auction prices here while there was fair general demand for both CTC and leaf teas. About 9.31 lakh kgs of dust teas were on offer. CTC market was lower by Re 1 to Rs 3 and sometimes more while orthodox dust was ... More

Tantea output cost down Rs 10 a kg
IN what is regarded in the tea industry as a significant achievement, the labour-intensive State-owned Tamil Nadu Tea Plantation Corporation Ltd (Tantea) has reported a reduction of Rs 10 in the cost of every kg of tea produced by it in just ... More

JUTE


Jute workers call for strike as wage talks fail
JUTE industry is facing another strike threat as discussions on the implementation of the tripartite wage agreement, signed in January 2002, have failed. Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh and two of its allies have called the strike from August 18. ... More

INTERVIEW


`Less harmful tobacco through organic manuring possible'
THE scientists' team at the Central Tobacco Research Institute (CTRI), under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Government of India, at Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, headed by Dr K. Deo Singh, Director, after sustained research ... More
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Aug. 3-Aug. 9
Silver prices may stay range-bound

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