The Hindu Business Line : Monday, September 22, 2003

Rubber prices seen range-bound
THE market opened almost flat on Monday. Scattered enquires from the covering group failed to support rubber in the initial days. The major consumers continued to side line the market waiting for the arrivals to improve, The rates began to weaken ... More

TEA

A strong role for tea auctioneers
THE auction system of selling is ideally suited for tea because of the infinite varieties and grades and the scattered and often remote location of estates. The quality of teas produced by the different estates shows ... More

Leaf teas better at Kochi auction
A MIXED trend persisted for almost all varieties of tea at the Kochi tea auction. Though the leaf sales witnessed a better general demand, it was comparatively low in the dust varieties. Of the quantity of 12,60,000 kg on offer in the dust ... More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

Correction in cotton likely
NYCE cotton futures settled slightly lower on Friday with the market waiting on the sidelines for the delayed USDA export sales report. With Washington completely shut due to hurricane Isabel, market players are looking towards Monday when the ... More

WATER

Poor storage in dams raises doubt over second crop in TN
THE cultivation of second crop in Madurai and adjacent regions is in doubt due to poor storage in the Vaigai and Periyar dams. With the Vaigai catchment area not gaining much from the South-West monsoon, farmers fear the second crop would also ... More

PRECIOUS METALS

Gold strong on renewed fund buying
GOLD enjoyed a strong week with prices bouncing around $375 an ounce for much of the week, until finally coming under renewed fund buying interest late on Friday in New York taking prices back above $380/oz again testing resistance at $383.30/oz. ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL

Kharif oilseeds output to touch 131 lt
KHARIF oilseeds production in the 2003-04 (November-October) season is estimated to touch a near record level of 131.7 lakh tonne as compared to 84.1 lt produced in previous kharif season. In the last 10 years, higher kharif production at 132.3 ... More

INTERVIEW

Tea Board mulls new mechanism to help small growers
UPASI (United Planters' Association of Southern India), the apex body of producers of plantation crops of South India, has been grappling with the task of managing one of the worst downturns the industry has faced for sometime. Nine months after ... More

ONLINE MARKETING

2,000 APMC markets to be linked to Net
``This will help in removing rigidity in the existing marketing laws and provide legal and administrative support for trade in various agricultural commodities.'' More

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