AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
CULTIVATION
AIBP: States urged to be cost-conscious
STATE Governments undertaking irrigation works under the Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP) should prioritise the ongoing ones strictly on the basis of cost benefit analysis and the incremental benefits to be derived from each unit ...
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SEEDS
Dharapuram ryots hit by poor quality onion seeds
BLISSFULLY ignorant about the quality of the onion seed sold by a private seed company, about 100 farmers in Dharapuram belt have burnt their fingers. Farmers perceive some foul play in the quality of the seeds sold to them, as the produce ...
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FLORICULTURE
Fading prospects
Orchids in bloom in a farm near Kochi. Lack of an organised marketing network has been a major problem for orchid growers in the State. Major markets are outside the State and marketing continues to be done through personal contacts by most of ...
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RUBBER
Rubber price firm as rains limit raw material arrivals
The scarcity of the raw material due to intensified rains round-the-clock seemed to be the controlling factor of the price movements. The covering groups absorbed the sparse arrivals as on the previous days of the week. While all other grades ...
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SUGAR
Mills stumped by SC ruling on cane pricing
SUGAR mills are nonplussed by the Supreme Court's order, which states that State Governments have the power to peg the price of sugarcane higher than the Statutory Minimum Price (SMP) fixed by the Centre. The industry sees this as a "retrograde ...
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TEA
Assam Co aims for NSE listing
THE City-based tea Assam Company Ltd, a member of the Duncan Macneil group, hopes to get its scrip listed on the National Stock Exchange. The company, which claims to be the world's oldest tea company, being established way back in 1839, has ...
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TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Spot gold may consolidate
GOLD prices recovered well gaining from a weaker dollar and the decision by the Federal Reserve to leave interest rates steady at 45-year lows for some more time thereby keeping the cost of investing in zero-yield gold affordable. However, in ...
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GOLD & SILVER
Will investors favour gold securities?
WHETHER there is a broad-based genuine investor interest in exchange traded gold securities is a question engaging the attention of players and observers of the bullion market. This is because an exchange-traded gold bullion product that was ...
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METALS
Platinum-palladium price gap to narrow: GFMS study
THE prevailing price differential between platinum and palladium will narrow and the consuming markets are already responding to the massive premium that platinum currently commands over palladium, GFMS Ltd has forecast in its Platinum and ...
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OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
Soya well placed meet vegoil, animal feed demands: FAO
THERE has been little doubt about the growing importance of soyabean for nutrition at the global level, given the crop's abundant and rising availability, high nutritional value and varied uses as food and feed. However, determining the crop's ...
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SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Cardamom steady on buying support
CARDAMOM prices remained steady on buying support at major auction centres in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Upcountry buyers and some of the exporters were active. The prices moved up marginally at the auction on Wednesday at Kumily in Kerala. The ...
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