The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, May 28, 2005

Futures in plastics take off
MUMBAI: Two new commodity contracts, the world's first contracts in plastics - polypropylene (PP) and linear low-density polyethylene (LLDE) were launched on the LME on Friday. Volumes in the new contracts are expected to pick up ... More

WHEAT

Indian wheat bucks world price trend
AFTER record production and stock build up in 2004-05, global wheat production and consumption are expected to remain in a state of balance in 2005-06. Large availabilities in several key-exporting countries including Europe and the CIS should ... More

PESTICIDES

Icrisat biopesticide project gets World Bank award
A PROJECT developed by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat) for managing pigeonpea pod borer (Helicoverpa armigera), through the production and use of the biopesticide, nuclear polyhedrosis virus (NPV), ... More

RUBBER

Rubber may top Rs 70 on monsoon, low yield — Latex production down in April-May; rains could hit tapping
IMPENDING monsoon and lower than expected yield during April and May have increased the prospects for a flare-up of rubber prices in the coming weeks, experts say. Rubber growers and many traders expect the benchmark RSS-4 grade to cross Rs ... More

Prices static as buyers lie low
THE domestic spot rubber prices closed almost unchanged on Friday. Most of the buyers were keeping a low profile waiting for a clear trend to set in. Producers are optimistic about another uptrend based on weather predictions. Scattered over ... More

COTTON

Farmers' bodies for locally developed GM cotton seeds
THE Hind Mazdoor Kisan Panchayat and All-India Farmers' Forum have asked the Union Government to allow locally developed GM (genetically modified) cotton seeds to break the monopoly of multinational companies. They alleged the MNCs had been ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL

Soya oil importers seek reduction in tariff value
WITH large parcels of degummed soyabean oil set to arrive in the country, jockeying for a reduction in tariff value has begun. Trade bodies and large importers have reportedly approached the Government for a review of the tariff value regime. ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS

Exporters flay curbs on pepper imports
THE All India Spices Exporters Forum has protested against the restrictions imposed by the Union Government on the import of pepper, saying it is `a retrograde step in the era of liberalisation'. Demanding the removal of restrictions, the ... More

AGRICULTURAL POLICY

Upasi welcomes Centre's package for tea, coffee
UPASI has welcomed the Union Cabinet's decision to approve the coffee package and subsidy for tea. The Upasi President, Mr Anil Kumar Bhandari, said the decision would benefit the plantation industry, especially the south Indian tea and coffee ... More

EVENTS

Seminar to popularise oil meal usage at Kochi
THE 6th national seminar for popularisation of oil meal usage in compound cattle, poultry and aqua feeds will be held here on June 19. Organised by Solvent Extractors Association of India along with American Soya bean Association and Compound ... More

CO-OPERATIVES

Sack full of woes
Cooperative societies controlled by the CPI(M) that had procured paddy brought it out on Friday to be piled up at Gandhi Square in Kottayam to protest the State Government's failure to take it over. The situation is grim as the procured paddy is ... More

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