The Hindu Business Line : Friday, February 09, 2007

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
New shift
MOVING ON: Workers shifting banana leaves to a lorry bearing the registration of Karnataka at Zuzuvadi on the Tamil Nadu-Karnataka border near Hosur on Thursday. ... More

RUBBER
Spot rubber weak on lack of buying support
Domestic rubber prices weakened on Thursday. The market failed to track the positive global signals. RSS 4 moved down to Rs 99 from Rs 99.50 a kg at Kottayam. The grade closed unchanged at Rs 99.50 a kg at Kochi. The trend was mixed. The lack ... More

SUGAR
Open market sugar prices dip below PDS rates
20 lakh tonnes buffer mooted to arrest slide More

TEA
Kolkata to host global tea meet in October
Marketing and selling tea through new channels to be focus points More

WATER
`Farming hit due to neglect of water bodies'
Poor maintenance of irrigation bodies such as anicuts, canals and tanks has led to a decline in the extent irrigated by them. Out of 39,200 irrigation tanks in Tamil Nadu, about 1,000 tanks have become totally defunct, resulting in the loss of ... More

DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS
Crisis in dairy sector as milk yields fall sharply in AP
Retail price of milk increased by Rs 2 a litre More

Plea to raise milk purchase price
Producers' union plans demonstration More

AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
CCEA clears Rs 2,200-cr subsidy to Nafed
The Union Government has approved the release of Rs 1,909.66 crore to the National Cooperative Agricultural Marketing Federation of India for meeting its losses due to procurement of rapeseed-mustard and settling accounts with banks for the ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
RM seed futures down on weak spot prices
Weak spot prices pulled down rapeseed-mustardseed (RM seed) futures on NCDEX by 1.68 per cent to Rs 362 per 20 kg. The Government has allowed the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) to continue sales of RM seed ... More

Plea for excise duty on refined oils opposed
The Solvent Extractors' Association of India has opposed the suggestion to impose excise duty on refined edible oils. In a representation to the Union Finance Minister, the association has argued that the move would not generate substantial ... More

Rapeseed extraction exports rise
A major jump in rapeseed extraction exports to 91,650 tonnes was a notable feature of oilmeal shipments in January , while soyabean extractions were flat at a little over 5 lakh tonnes, according to data released by the Solvent ... More

POULTRY
Suguna Poultry forays into layer segment
Ties up with German major Lohmann Tierzucht More

EVENTS
Agri varsities' meet in Coimbatore
The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) here will host the third regional meeting of the Indian Agricultural Universities Association (IAUA) on February 13-14. The theme of the two-day meet will be `Value addition in agricultural ... More

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