The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, February 17, 2007

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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES

FARM CREDIT
PNB has new scheme for farmers
Punjab National Bank (PNB) has launched a new scheme under the name of `PNB Sampurn Rin Yojana' to supplement farmers' incomes. Under the scheme, farmers are provided with credit for meeting expenditure on growing crops, rearing animals and ... More

AQUACULTURE
CIFT chief calls for simplification of patent laws
Patenting laws, procedures should be simplified for India to reap the full benefits of its research in various fields, especially fisheries, according to Dr K. Devadasan, Director of the Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT). In an ... More

PESTICIDES
Excise duty concessions for pesticides under study
Duty may be reduced to 8% from existing 16% More

RUBBER
Mixed trend in spot rubber
Physical rubber prices witnessed a mixed trend on Friday. The market opened weak and moved down further in the morning session on extremely bearish sentiments. But prices improved partially in tune with domestic futures towards the end of the ... More

SUGAR
How mills stand to gain from cogeneration, alcohol
Every 100 tonnes of sugarcane crushed by mills yields roughly 10 tonnes of sugar, 4.5 tonnes of molasses and 30 tonnes of bagasse. Out of the 30 tonnes of bagasse, mills typically use up 21-22 tonnes to produce steam for captive consumption. ... More

FOODGRAINS
No impact
SCALING HIGHER: Corn kept for sale at a retail outlet in Kochi. The Centre has allowed duty free imports of corn in the wake of higher domestic prices but it has not had much of an effect. Hardly anything has been contracted for imports. ... More

COFFEE
Coffee Board seeks sops to develop domestic market
Aim is to increase domestic consumption to 1.2 lakh tonnes by 2012 from the current 80,000 tonnes. More

POULTRY
Suguna Poultry to seek carbon credit for wind energy project
Suguna Poultry group has planned to secure carbon credit for its wind energy project. The Coimbatore-based company is also planning to include its 2.5-MW biomass-based co-generation project being installed at its Karnataka-based feed mill ... More

COMMODITY MARKETS
Jeera, maize futures rise
Participation in commodity futures on Friday remained thin in the absence of signals from spot markets, which remained closed on Friday for Maha Shivratri. Opening lower by Rs 60, Jeera futures attracted good buying at the later session of ... More

PERFORMANCE
Ethanol, cogen help sugar mills stay afloat
Cogeneration, ethanol facilities take sting out of crashing prices More

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