AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
CLIMATE & WEATHER
Easterlies entail tinkering of crop management
UNUSUALLY strong easterlies prevailing in the lower atmosphere in the South may have contributed to the success of the ongoing northeast monsoon, but they also warrant suitable changes in the crop management regime. Small systems such as the ...
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CULTIVATION
Wheat, jowar coverage up — Rabi sowing still lagging behind
DESPITE acceleration in sowing of rabi crops, acreage of all crops, barring wheat and jowar, continues to be lower compared with the same period last year. According to the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, moderate temperature in ...
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SEEDS
Govt to set up Seed Authority soon
THE Union Government will shortly establish a Seed Authority, which will give an institutional framework to implement the plant variety protection measures and also act as a check against spurious seed production. The recent passage of the new ...
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TEA
Dusts in demand at Kochi tea sale
A GOOD general demand resulted in the spurting of prices of almost all varieties of tea at the Kochi tea auction. Of the quantity of 9,49,000 kg on offer in the dust category, high priced CTCs were easier by Rs 1-2. Mediums barely steady to ...
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TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Cotton may test resistance levels
NYCE cotton futures finished marginally lower on Friday as market participants completed rolling positions out of December contract before the first notice day on November 22. Trade buying emerged during the close to support cotton futures and ...
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COTTON
Maharashtra co-op market intervention plan — Cotton arrivals slow down as trade fears price erosion
THE cotton selling price quote of the Maharashtra State Co-operative Cotton Growers Marketing Federation, which is likely to be announced this week, has raised the anxiety levels of private traders across the country. The market intervention ...
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OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
`Tap non-conventional sources to raise vegoil production'
THE Central Organisation for Oil Industry and Trade, representing the oil trade in the country, has called for an appropriate shift in favour of oilseeds cultivation to drive the country towards self-sufficiency. This would mean a ...
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Kharif oilseeds output pegged at 131 lakh t
THE overall output for nine major oilseeds for kharif 2004-05 is projected to be marginally lower at 131.1 lakh tonnes as against 138.9 lakh tonnes in 2003-04. This would have, in fact, been much lower but for better production due to rains ...
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AGRICULTURAL POLICY
AP committed to completing irrigation projects, says CM
"We have embarked on an ambitious project that would focus on micro irrigation across the State."
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