AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
COMMODITY EXCHANGES
IPSTA to start online trading in pepper, rubber next month
THE India Pepper and Spice Trade Association (IPSTA) would commence online trading in pepper and rubber by mid-April at its exchange here. The Forward Markets Commission (FMC) has already granted the exchange permission to start Internet-based ...
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JRG at Moolamattom
KOCHI: JRG Wealth Management Ltd has commenced online commodity futures trading at Moolamattom. The 56th branch of JRG in the country was inaugurated on Friday. Talking at the inaugural function, Mr Giby Mathew, Managing Director of JRG ...
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WHEAT
Comfortable world wheat supplies next year: IGC
THIS month's sharp speculative rally in the US futures markets was yet another symptom of the increasingly tight outlook for feed grains and oilseeds, driven by historically low stocks and a combination of strong US domestic and export demand, ...
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ANIMALS & LIVESTOCK
NDDB signs pact with Kerala for animal disease control
THE National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) and the State Government have entered into an agreement to implement an `animal disease control project' in the State. Announcing this, Dr Amrita Patel, Chairman, NDDB, said the programme is intended to ...
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HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
TN: Plea to extend sops for vanilla growers
THE Horticulture department in the Kanyakumari district has sent a proposal to the State Government for extension of subsidy to the growers of vanilla in the district. According to the Assistant Director of Horticulture (in-charge), Mr M. Ashok ...
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TEA
Mixed trend in Kochi tea sale
A MIXED trend persisted for almost all varieties of tea at the Kochi Tea auction. Though the leaf sale witnessed a good general demand, it was comparatively low for dust varieties. Of the quantity of 5,98,000 kg on offer in the dust category, ...
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TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Cotton prices seen lower
NYCE cotton futures ended firmly higher on Friday, due to robust trade buying coupled with speculative buying at the support levels. As the USDA planting intention report is out on March 31, market is quite keen to look for any leads that could ...
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GOLD & SILVER
Silver: Not for the cautious!
DOES silver add more sheen to your portfolio than gold? After the 54 per cent surge in silver prices over the past year, it certainly appears so. If you had invested Rs 10,000 in silver precisely 10 years ago, it would now be worth Rs 16,153. ...
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COTTON
Cotton Corpn eyes Rs 1,076.3-cr sales
COTTON Corporation of India (CCI) has set a sales target of Rs 1,076.30 crore during 2004-05, out of which domestic sales will be Rs 984.85 crore and exports of Rs 91.45 crore. During the coming year, the corporation has set a target to ...
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