AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
CLIMATE & WEATHER
MET SIGNS
Kerala: Monsoon brilliant in patches
THE southwest monsoon huffed and puffed its way across Kerala on its northward progression and was brilliant in patches as it delivered with a predominant bias to the detriment of the southern districts during the four days ending May 30, says ...
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RUBBER
Mixed trend in rubber market
THE rubber market showed a mixed trend on Monday. The TOCOM June futures for RSS 3 weakened to 153.2 yen. The futures market continued its weakness on Monday. The June delivery was quoted at Rs 60.04 (Rs 60.17), July delivery at Rs 58.73 (Rs ...
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Rising rubber prices: Growers merry, small units worry
RUBBER prices have crossed the Rs 60-a kg mark after a lapse of eight years signalling the revival of prosperityin rubber plantations. While the growers are jubilant, the atmosphere is gloomy where small manufacturing units are concentrated as ...
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TEA
Southern tea output seen down for fourth successive year
While a drought-like condition early this year and lack of pre-summer showers impacted tea production in January-March, continuous rainfall hampered prospects of a bumper crop in April.
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WATER
Storage level in major reservoirs up
WITH the onset of the monsoon, the 71 major reservoirs in the country have started filling up and the storage level stands at 13 per cent of their designed capacity, according to the Central Water Commission. As on May 28, the live storage was ...
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METALS
Nickel prices perk up
AFTER a period of slide since the beginning of the year, nickel has now taken a U-turn. Nickel cathode prices in the domestic market have increased significantly by 12.63 per cent or Rs 72 per kg to Rs 642 per kg on Monday as against Rs 570 per ...
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COTTON
Cotton spurts on increased buying
RAW cotton prices in major consumption centres have spurted as mills have stepped up their buying to meet their requirement. The cotton trade circles here said that the prices of all major varieties in demand have moved up by Rs 700-1,000 per ...
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OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
Tariff value on crude soyabean oil reduced
THE Centre has cut the base import price or tariff value for import of crude soyabean oil to $628 a tonne from $702. The downward revision follows sharp fall in global edible oil prices for quite sometime. Though a section of the trade sees the ...
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COCONUT & COPRA
Vayalar project holds out hope for coconut farmers
THE three-year ADB-funded project to improve the lot of coconut farmers and coconut-based processors of Vayalar Panchayat in Alappuzha district is now emerging as a model for replication to develop the coconut-based economy of rural people. ...
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SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Spices Board to take up Sudan dye issue with EU at Spain meet
CONCERNED over the frequent rapid alert notifications from the European Union on the alleged presence of Sudan 1 - 4 in chilli consignments, the Spices Board is to take up the issue at the European Spice Association meeting to be held from ...
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Entries invited for Spices Board productivity award
SPICES Board has invited applications for productivity awards in small and large cardamom, vanilla, award for organic farmers and best Integrated Pest Management (IPM)/Post harvest practices (PHP) in spices during 2004-05, according to an ...
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