The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, January 20, 2005

Farmers prefer to rear buffaloes over cows
Growing `tractorisation' of the rural economy, alongside the diffusion of cross-breeding technologies, has resulted in a depletion of the country's cattle population, even as buffalo numbers have shown a perceptible jump in recent decades. The ... More

STORAGE

Karnataka cold storage owners for subsidy on power
THE Karnataka Coastal Ice Plant and Cold Storage Owners' Association has urged the State Government to provide Re 1 subsidy for every unit of power utilised by ice-manufacturing units. Addressing presspersons here on Wednesday, the President ... More

AQUACULTURE

EC team inspects fishing facilities at Vizag harbour
A TWO-MEMBER team from the European Commission (EC) visited the facilities at the fishing harbour here on Wednesday. The European Union (EU) sent the team here to examine the facilities in the country, especially Andhra Pradesh, which accounts ... More

RUBBER

Action shifts from rubber futures as spot prices stabilise
AS it nears two years, futures trading in rubber has slowed down with everyday volumes shrinking, but experts say that this trend is normal in line with the stable spot prices. In the first fortnight of this month, for instance, the daily ... More

Why tyre firms are not keen on futures
TYRE companies, the largest consumers of natural rubber in the country, have not yet been active in the futures trading. Their absence is often blamed as one of the main reasons why the futures trading has not really taken off for rubber, ... More

Rubber maintains steady trend
The strong buyer resistance from major manufacturers failed to create any panic among traders as the overseas reports were rather impressive. The absence of selling pressure from growers helped the prices to sustain at current levels even in ... More

DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS

Dairy co-ops members to be insured in Kerala

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL

`Good potential for using vegetable oils as biofuels'
"Palm diesel may be the answer to the fluctuating price and defend the floor price." More

Oil traders seek VAT exemption for daily-use items
TRADERS are hoping that the Union Government will exempt items of day-to-day use such as edible oils from the purview of value added tax. In a communication to the Union Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, the Madurai Oil and Oilseeds ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS

IPSTA demands cut in purchase tax on pepper
THE India Pepper and Spice Trade Association (IPSTA) has urged the Kerala Finance Minister, Mr Vakkom Purushothaman, to reduce the purchase tax for pepper from four per cent to two per cent to help the trade to combat the imports from Sri Lanka ... More

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