The Hindu Business Line : Monday, September 29, 2003

Rubber rates may firm up further
THE spot rubber market opened with a mixed trend on last Monday. Almost all grades were steady at Saturday's closing rates. The market continued to remain passive on Tuesday but reacted positively to the bull run in the world market from ... More

SUGAR

Lower Oct quota may keep sugar prices at bay
IN view of the forthcoming festival demand, sugar free-sale quota for the month of October has been effective from September 27 in place of October 1, trade sources said. The Food Ministry on Wednesday announced smaller free sale quota of 11.5 ... More

TEA

Dusts in demand at Kochi tea sale
A MIXED trend persisted for almost all varieties of tea at the Kochi tea auction. Though the dust sales witnessed a good general demand, it was comparatively low for leaf varieties. Of the quantity of 10,22,000 kg on offer in the dust category, ... More

Stirring a perfect brew!
IT was a spread for the connoisseurs of tea. The `tea tasting' session organised by the United Planters' Association of Southern India (Upasi) for the Pakistani Tea Trade delegates had 300 varieties of teas sourced from estates and gardens across ... More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

Cotton futures may head south
NYCE cotton futures settled lower on Friday on profit taking and a minor retreat seen in prices after cotton futures rallied to 3-year highs. A combination of a smaller Chinese crop and robust demand continued to dominate futures but cotton ... More

JUTE

Chittivalasa jute mill re-opens
VISAKHAPATNAM: After nearly four months, the unions in the Chittivalasa jute mill have succeeded in getting the mill re-opened on their terms. The mill, where production had been suspended since June over an industrial dispute relating ... More

POULTRY

Poultry farmers asked to avoid stocking maize
THE National Egg Co-Ordination Committee (NECC) has advised poultry farmers not to stock higher quantity of maize as its recent survey has indicated that there will be a substantial increase in the market arrivals of the commodity from the first ... More

INTERVIEW

`More Central funds needed to spruce up tea marketing'
DEFYING all logic and reasoning, the tea industry continues to be in the doldrums for the fourth consecutive year. The low price regime in this period has resulted in mounting losses to the producers. A number of estates have already closed down ... More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS

Stress on improving farming standards
THE Cancun discussion has given a breathing spell for India to improve the country's agricultural standard. "We need to focus on this before the next meeting. Between 1994 and 2003, there has been a lot of talk, but nothing productive has ... More

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