AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
CULTIVATION
Gujarat completes groundnut sowing
SOWING in Gujarat has been completed in 62.03 lakh hectares as on July 19, out of the normal kharif area of 82 lakh hectares, according to an official of the State Department of Agriculture. This is 76 per cent of the normal area. The ...
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Cleaning operation
A farmer in Bahadurgarh in Haryana removing weeds from his field. He is awaiting monsoon rains after sowing cauliflower seeds. Many farmers in North India have shifted from paddy mid-way due to inadequate water availability. They have now sown ...
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PLANTATIONS
Kerala planters condemn assault
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Association of Planters of Kerala (APK) has strongly condemned the incident in which the Manager of Moongalar Estate in Vandiperiyar in Idukki district was assaulted by a group of workmen on Saturday last. ...
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RUBBER
Rubber dips in line with global trend
SPOT rubber rates surrendered on Wednesday following weak international markets. The reports about slight improvement in arrivals triggered some selling at the opening session while the buyers kept a low profile. The futures market ...
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SUGAR
Ponni Sugars trying new sources of raw material
PONNI Sugars (Erode) Ltd is testing the waters for additional sources of raw material for its sugar mill to produce sugar and ethanol. Addressing the annual general meeting here on Wednesday, its Chairman, Mr N. Gopalaratnam, said that it would ...
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TEA
`Special package' for tea industry likely
THE Government is looking at a "special package" for tea taking "a holistic" view of the problems plaguing the country's tea gardens, auction systems, the industry and the plantation workers, the Lok Sabha was informed ...
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Kamal Nath assures to help tea industry
NEW DELHI: The Government is keen to resolve the problems that are being faced by the tea industry. The Commerce and Industry Minister, Mr Kamal Nath, gave an indication to this effect during a presentation on the tea industry by the Tea ...
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WATER
AP Govt to take up cloud seeding on permanent basis
THE Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, has announced that the Government will take up the `Indira Meghamadhanam (The Churning of Clouds) programme on a permanent basis to induce rains across the parched stretches in the ...
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DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS
Aavin to invest Rs 100 cr to raise capacity
THE Tamil Nadu Co-operative Milk Producers' Federation Ltd will invest Rs 100 crore to ramp up capacity. It also plans to export milk powder, according to Mr B.K. Prasad, Special Officer and Managing Director, TCMPF. The Federation, which ...
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OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
Differential duty may lead to misuse of oil import sops
COMPLEXITIES in the duty structure of the vegetable oils industry, and objections arising there from, seem to be never ending. Differences in customs duty, quality of imported material and in the integrity of players all make decision-making ...
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'Retain carotenoid value norms for palm oil imports'
KOLKATA-based All-India Oils and Seeds Foreign Trade Association has urged the Government not to change the specification relating to carotenoid value for the palm group of oils and has suggested uniform rate of customs duty be levied on all ...
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COFFEE
White stem borer may hit arabica output
Though the growers fear the loss could be 25-30 per cent of the estimated crop, the Coffee Board says it could be 3,000-5,000 tonnes only.
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TOBACCO
AP tobacco crop size pegged at 111 m kg
THE Virginia tobacco crop size in Andhra Pradesh has been fixed at 111.06 million kg for 2004-'05 by the Tobacco Board, at the same level as the previous season in spite of efforts to bring it down. The Board Chairman, Dr P. Dayachari, told ...
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SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Pepper futures dip on hopes of output rise
REPORTS of a rise in pepper production in the country in the coming season have started reflecting in the futures prices. The new season futures (January 2005) opened last week have shown a declining trend. Spot prices fell by Rs 100 a quintal ...
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NATURAL CALAMITIES
Kerala ministerial team to seek farm relief from Centre
A THREE-MEMBER Cabinet Sub-Committee will be leaving for New Delhi on Thursday to apprise the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, about the plight of calamity-stricken farmers in the State. Announcing this in the State Assembly, the Chief ...
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AP in the midst of agrarian crisis: CM
THE Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, told the Assembly that the State was in the midst of an agrarian crisis and urged the members of the House to rise above the level of party line to mitigate the plight of the ...
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NCW to conduct suicide study
HYDERABAD: The National Commission for Women (NCW) would conduct a study of the families of farmers, who committed suicide in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, beginning mid-August, according to its Chairperson, Dr Purnima Advani. The study ...
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