AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
FARM CREDIT
Loan repayment scheme for Wayanad farmers relaxed
The State Cabinet has also decided to procure 10,000 tonnes of arecanut at Rs 10 per kg higher than the prevailing market rate.
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BoI scheme for tenant farmers at Coimbatore
BANK of India has introduced the `Bhumiheen Kisan Card' scheme for tenant farmers. According to bank sources, this is the first time that the bank had come forward to offer such cards for tenant farmers, share croppers and oral lessees. A ...
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WHEAT
Flour mills in South facing crisis
Capacity utilisation of each unit in Tamil Nadu has declined to below 50 per cent.
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PLANTATIONS
Beans of contention
Vanilla being harvested at Adimali in Idukki district. Low prices have forced the growers to process the beans and stock till the prices move up to expected levels. Currently, some companies are buying at Rs 200 to 300 a kg of A-grade green ...
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RUBBER
Spot rubber prices rule steady
RSS 4 sustained at current levels on covering purchases from the futures market. Certain societies were also alive in the market while major manufacturers stayed inactive in the absence of a clear trend. The gainers of the day were ungraded and ...
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WATER
Water levels rise in Kerala
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Water levels in the three major reservoirs continued to rise thanks to extended monsoon rain activity in catchment areas in the State. According to figures provided by the Central Water Commission, the level ...
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OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
Bunge to invest up to $200 m over 5 years — Unveils Dalda edible oil range
BUNGE Ltd is expected to invest $150 million - $200 million over the next five years in expanding its edible oils business in the country. The company, which acquired the edible oils and fat business of Hindustan Lever Ltd (HLL) last year, ...
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Groundnut quality below expectation in Gujarat
HECTIC speculation over the size of groundnut crop seems to be keeping traders and middlemen busy in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat, the groundnut bowl of the country. Rains early this month are believed to have enhanced the crop prospects, ...
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Plea to notify tariff value of edible oils
THE Central Organisation for Oil Industry and Trade has asked the Government to notify the tariff value on various edible oils on a fixed date. The move would impart stability and transparency in the transactions of the highly sensitive ...
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CASHEW
Cashewnut industry urges steps to double production
CONCERNED over the stagnancy in raw cashewnut production, members of the cashew industry - who participated in the India Cashew Convention in Goa recently - have urged the stakeholders to initiate steps to double cashew production by 2020. ...
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Call for long-term approach to double cashew output
CONCERNED over the stagnancy in raw cashewnut production, members of the Indian cashew industry — who participated in the India Cashew Convention in Goa recently — have urged the stakeholders to initiate steps to double cashew ...
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POULTRY
Glut haunts TN broiler producers
The State's broiler sector presents the paradox of witnessing continuous expansion of chicken farms even as the existing integrated players are steadily losing prices.
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GENERAL INSURANCE
Farmers seek more time for paying crop insurance premium
THE Cauvery Delta farmers, in an appeal to the State Government, have sought extension of time limit in paying crop insurance premium to November 30. According to the Vice-President of the composite Thanjavur District Farmers Association, Mr K.G. ...
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CO-OPERATIVES
Rs 39-cr Nabard refinance for Kerala co-op agri bank
THE Regional Office of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has released refinance amounting to Rs 39.53 crore to Kerala State Cooperative Agricultural and Rural Development Bank Ltd (KSCARDB). Of this, Rs 20.62 ...
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NATURAL CALAMITIES
Probe panel to give interim report on AP farmers' suicides
MR L. Rama Chenna Reddy, a retired district and sessions judge heading the one-man commission of inquiry into farmers' suicides in the State, said that he would submit an interim report by the end of next month. Talking to newspersons here on ...
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TRENDS
Sam Vikas Yojna reviewed
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The visiting Union Minister of State for Planning, Mr M.V. Rajasekharan, on Wednesday reviewed the implementation of the Rashtriya Sam Vikas Yojna, a 100 per cent Centrally- assisted scheme. Announcing this here, an ...
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