AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
COMMODITY EXCHANGES
Virus forces `tea break' for e-auctions
IT is a `tea break' in the real sense but prolonging for over two days. And it is probably the first time that a tea auction had to be put off due to `mechanical problem'. Welcome to the era of screen-based auctions of tea where such a ...
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FARM CREDIT
Maharashtra Cabinet defers decision on easing ryots' debt burden
A DECISION on helping farmers to bear their debt burdens with some ease has been deferred by the Sushilkumar Shinde Cabinet on Thursday ``because it needs to examine all implications carefully.'' The subject did come up at the Cabinet sitting ...
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RUBBER
Rubber prices stabilise on buying at lower levels
AFTER reacting sharply to the Government's decision to lift the port restriction, spot rubber prices were reported to be stabilising on scattered buying interest at lower levels. The markets activities were still in a low key amidst narrow ...
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Kerala CM's plea on rubber import
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Chief Minister, Mr A. K. Antony, has requested the Union Commerce Minister, Mr Kamal Nath, to withdraw forthwith the decision to lift the restriction on ports for canalising rubber imports. An official spokesman ...
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SUGAR
Sugar prices crash on extra release of free sale quota
SUGAR ready prices suffered a sharp setback on Thursday. The follows the announcement of release of one lakh tonnes of sugar additionally under the free sale quota by the Government on Wednesday evening. Small quality (S-30) declined to Rs ...
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TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Gold may test support levels
GOLD prices fell lower on Wednesday after an expected hike in the US interest rates helped the dollar recover against the major currencies. Investors bought the dollar as markets digested Fed's decision to raise interest rates in spite of ...
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DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS
A `wonder herb' to increase cattle yield
"It can be used as a bio-fertiliser, a mosquito repellent, in the preparation of salads and above all as a bio-scavenger for it takes away all heavy metals."
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AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
Icrisat to promote sweet sorghum for production of ethanol
THE International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is strengthening its collaboration with partners to promote sweet sorghum varieties, hybrids and technologies to extract alcohol from the crop. According to Dr ...
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COTTON
Indigenous cotton has low micronaire value, says SITRA
INDIAN cotton varieties namely Suvin, DCH-32, MCU-5, Brahma, LK and Sankar-6 have shown lower micronaire values. Overseas cotton varieties such as Pima, Chinese and Giza 89, on the other hand, have displayed maximum fibre elongation in the order ...
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Symposium on cotton research in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: A three-day national symposium on `Changing world order - cotton research, development and policy in context' recommended enhancement of seed replacement rates of various crops including cotton. In this regard, it said, the ...
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COIR
`Eco pot' in market soon
YET another value-added product from coir, in the form of an environment-friendly garden pot or `Eco Pot', is to hit the market soon. The product, developed by the Palani-based Bio Farms, is intricately woven with thin bamboo sticks and ...
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OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
Relax norms for tankers, urge vegoil importers — Cite IOC's bitumen shipment as precedent
The age norms for tankers calling at Indian ports has also jacked up the freight rates for import of palm oil due to restricted availability of ships.
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COCONUT & COPRA
Demand for coconut products set to continue
GLOBAL demand for coconut and coconut products has increased considerably in recent years and it is expected to continue in tune with the growth in world population. According to Dr P. Rethinam, Executive Director of the Jakarta-based Asian ...
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POULTRY
Suguna Poultry sets its sights on processed food sector
SUGUNA Poultry Farm Ltd, the country's largest producer and exporter of broiler chicken, is planning to foray into the processed food sector this fiscal. The company, which has also firmed up plans to set up a processing unit in West Bengal, ...
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SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Kerala: Pepper traders seek cut in purchase tax
THE India Pepper and Spice Trade Association (IPSTA) has urged the State Government to reduce the purchase tax on black pepper from the current four per cent to two per cent to enable the trade to compete with the imported produce from Sri Lanka. ...
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AGRICULTURAL POLICY
Cauvery Delta farmers unhappy over MSP
FARMER associations in the Cauvery Delta Area are unhappy over the minimum support price (MSP) for paddy, announced by the Centre recently. The hike is viewed as unfriendly to the farmers. The MSP announced by the Government for the common ...
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NATURAL CALAMITIES
Kerala denounces Pawar's remark on drought impact
`It is our right to seek assistance but the downright denial doesn't reflect well on the Centre.'
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