The Hindu Business Line : Friday, September 05, 2003

Sowing picks up as monsoon turns active
SOWING activity continues to be brisk with the monsoon turning active again towards the last week of August. While sowing in jute, sugarcane, soyabean and jowar has been completed, it is still on in rice, bajra, other coarse cereals and pulses. ... More

RUBBER

Mixed trend in rubber market
RUBBER market showed a mixed trend on Thursday. Sheet rubber RSS 4 lost 25 paise to close at Rs 47.75 in the absence of active trading interest while ungraded rubber remained steady at Rs 44 per kg. Latex concentrate improved to Rs 36 from Rs ... More

TEA

Global enquiries pep up Nilgiris tea trade — Malaysian co buys above market rate
IS it good news or bad, it's too early to say. In spite of falling prices, there have been enquiries to import teas — albeit plain-made teas — from the Nilgiris at higher than the current market rate. Industry sources told ... More

Tea Board takes to `cup-tasting' to test quality
"Based on the brokers' market report, we pick out teas quoting at the bottom i.e. below Rs 30 level. Thereafter, it is a case of identifying which factories these teas are from and whether they are procuring sub-standard leaf.'' More

Small growers threaten to stop tea plucking
"In some pockets growers receive only Rs 2.90 a kg for the green leaf after paying commission to agents." More

Tea shipments' decline continues
TEA exports continue to decline with July shipments registering a 2.8 per cent fall to 14.39 million kg (mkg) from 20.51 mkg in July 2002. Total tea exports during January-July 2003 are also down 2.8 per cent or 28.28 mkg to 71.54 mkg from ... More

COIR

Coir geo-textiles for laying roads!
"The success of these projects may open up a huge market for coir geo-textiles." More

JUTE

Chittivalasa mill staff plan hunger strike
THE unions in the Chittivalasa jute mill at Tagarapuvalasa in Visakhapatnam district have decided to intensify their agitation and two union leaders would go on an indefinite hunger strike from Friday. The mill has been out of production for ... More

COCONUT & COPRA

World Coconut Day
Coconut-based products are on display at an exhibition organised in Kochi as part of the World Coconut Day. The Coconut Development Board has taken up various promotional activities across the country to promote coconut after its prices declined ... More

EVENTS

Coconut expo a big draw

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

National agri-entrepreneurial scheme draws `good response'
THE national agri-entrepreneurial scheme to raise a new breed of agri-consultants in rural areas has received good response. As many as 19,054 agricultural graduates have applied for the project called "agri-clinics and agri-business centres" ... More

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