The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, January 14, 2004

CULTIVATION
MET SIGNS
Paddy crop in `milky' stage
"NO RAIN" is the refrain of the first Agromet Advisory issued by the Met Office consequent to the formal announcement of withdrawal of monsoon year 2003. The section concerning recorded rain drawing a blank, the contents of the bi-weekly ... More

Farmers seek MSP for all produce
A GOOD number of farmers in Alampalayam village, a hamlet near Udumalpet, are yet to recover from their experience of marketing onions, last season. Enthused by the rate of Rs 4 per kg at the farm gate, the farmers took to cultivation of ... More

FLORICULTURE
Rose exports begin to bloom in Europe, Japan
AN improved net realisation coupled with better than expected demand, especially from Europe and Japan, for Indian roses during the recent Christmas season has enhanced the growers' and exporters' expectations ahead of Valentines Day. Sources ... More

RUBBER
Mixed trend in rubber
THE rubber market showed a mixed trend on Tuesday. While ungraded rubber and latex improved by 50 paise, the other grades remained unchanged with less trading interest in the absence both buyers and sellers. Sheet rubber RSS 4 closed at Rs ... More

FOODGRAINS

`Praise-worthy': Foodgrains body

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Groundnut oil exports in Nov, Dec at 29,000 t
GROUNDNUT oil export from India during November and December 2003 totalled a little over 29,000 tonnes and the destinations included China (5,968 tonnes), Europe (13,736 tonnes) and US (9,500 tonnes). At an average price realisation of Rs 46,000 ... More

New rules throw farm imports out of gear
WHILE the whole country has ushered in 2004 with a sense of robust optimism about economic prospects, agriculture commodity importers find themselves in a fix since the beginning of the year over a new set of rules and regulations governing ... More

Pulses importers upset over new shipment rules
FOLLOWING apprehensions that the new set of quarantine procedures, implemented from January 1, could jeopardise the smooth flow of farm imports, the Pulses Importers Association of India (PIA) has taken up the issue strongly with the Government. ... More

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