The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, February 15, 2007

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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES

COMMODITY EXCHANGES
Potato futures bear the brunt of margin hike
MCX prices hit lower circuit at 6% More

RICE
Shrinking share
WORKERS PREPARE paddy field for the next crop near Thrissur. Though the economy is witnessing fast growth, agriculture sector has expanded only by 2.7 per cent against 6.02per cent last fiscal and its share in GDP at current prices during 2006-07 ... More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Pack houses to be set up for export of mangoes
AP agency opening facilities in Tirupati, Nuziveedu More

PESTICIDES
Agro-chem group seeks removal of excise duty, sales tax
Says existing rate of crop loss will lead to severe shortfall by 2025-30 More

RUBBER
Buyers resist high prices for rubber
Spot rubber continued to remain under pressure on Wednesday. The prices slipped on buyer resistance with narrow trading volumes, sources said. Sheet rubber RSS 4 finished unchanged at Rs 97.50 a kg both at Kottayam and Kochi as major ... More

TEA
Tea body identifies alternative crops
For crop diversification programme More

Low volume continues at Coonoor tea sale
The volume of tea coming up for the auctions of the Coonoor Tea Trade Association continues to be low. For the seventh auctions of 2007 to be held here on Thursday and Friday, a volume of 8.21 lakh kg has been catalogued. This is the third ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Spice Park to come up in Idukki
Jairam Ramesh calls for private participation More

Pepper declines as bulls, bears fight it out
The pepper futures market declined on Wednesday allegedly because of the tug of war between the bulls and bears. The market improved and moved up during the day but declined at close, market observers told Business Line. There is good ... More

Fall in production
INCREASED DEMAND: A worker packing cardamom at a godown near Kochi. Increased buying support from exporters has boosted cardamom prices. Significant drop in output from Guatemala, world's top cardamom producer, has increased demand for the Indian ... More

EVENTS
Eighth agri science congress begins today
Includes session for panchayat leaders More

Energy-efficient, eco-friendly fishing urged
There is a need to promote energy-efficient, responsible and eco-friendly fishing in the country, and the Central Institute for Fisheries Technology (CIFT) will help the traditional fishermen as well as the industry in the endeavour, according to ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
COMMODITY COMMENTARY
Wheat export ban — a pre-emptive move
In a pre-emptive move to plug the possibility of outflow, the Union Government has banned export of wheat. The decision has been taken in the backdrop of a less-than-satisfactory outlook for the ensuing wheat crop and growing concerns over ... More

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