AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
CULTIVATION
Sri Lankan Ministry in pact with Herbz India for herbal farming
THE Sri Lankan Ministry of Indigenous Medicines has entered into a tie-up with the Kozhikode-based Herbz India Ltd for promoting herbal farming. The Sri Lankan Minister for Indigenous Medicine, Mr Tissa Karalliyada, who was in Kerala with a ...
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SEEDS
AP farmers to get certified seeds
HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh Government would supply 10.91 lakh quintals of certified quality seed to farmers in the ensuing kharif season, with a seed replacement ratio of 27.31 per cent. According to the State Minister for ...
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POWER
Big farmers likely to be excluded from free power in AP
POWER supply may not be free-of-cost to all agriculturists in Andhra Pradesh from next year. The State Government is contemplating to slightly modify its scheme of free power supply to the farm sector so as to exclude big farmers, who are ...
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RUBBER
Mixed trend in rubber market
A MIXED trend was observed in the domestic spot rubber market on Wednesday. RSS 4 lost 25 paise to close at Rs 54 a kg on brisk selling pressure from traders though the buyers were moderately active in the main marketing centres. The NMCE ...
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SUGAR
34 lakh t sugar released under free sale quota
THE Centre has allocated 34 lakh tonnes (lt) of sugar as the free sale quota (FSQ) for mills during the January-March 2005 quarter. This is below the 34.05 lt released during the same quarter of the previous year. Inclusive of the 2.16 lt each ...
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Sugar may spurt on lower supply
SUGAR spot prices are expected to move up further in the next few days on continual buying interest from retailers as against reduced supply. The Government on Wednesday announced a free sale quota of 34 lakh tonnes for the first quarter of ...
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SPICES & CONDIMENTS
APEDA, Horticulture Dept to set up export zone for chillies in Guntur
THE Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) and the Andhra Pradesh Department of Horticulture have signed a memorandum of understanding for establishing an Agri Export Zone (AEZ) for chillies in Guntur ...
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IPR
AP farmer applies for patent for process to sustain soil fertility
ONE need not resort to the age-old practice of crop diversification or apply fertilisers to sustain soil fertility. According to Mr C. Venkat Reddy, a farmer from Alwal near here, fertility of soil can be sustained for years by replacement of ...
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INCOME TAX
Assocham moots tax on farm income
THE Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham) has called for imposing tax on agricultural income. "Not to tax a rich farmer is just not fair," Mr Mahendra K. Sanghi, President, Assocham, told a press conference here today. ...
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CO-OPERATIVES
Amul extends milk outsourcing to hike sales
IN a bid to leverage the Amul brand on a wider national scale, the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (GCMMF) has now extended its milk sourcing operations outside Gujarat. Till recently, the Rs 2,882-crore federation's role was ...
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