AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
WHEAT
Absence of disease, pests adds to bumper wheat hopes
The one good news on the wheat crop front has been the absence of any major disease or pest problem. Scientists at the Directorate of Wheat Research, Karnal (DWR) were concerned about the threat of yellow rust, particularly a new virulent race ...
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CULTIVATION
Record wheat crop in the offing
Only hail may play spoiler, says scientists
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AQUACULTURE
Marine products export to touch $4 b by 2010: Jairam Ramesh
Marine product to touch $4 b by 2010
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RUBBER
Spot rubber unchanged
Spot rubber closed static on Saturday. The prices stagnated lacking buyers but still sustained at the quoted levels since sellers were not interested to offer lower rates. RSS 4 closed unchanged at Rs 94 a kg both at Kottayam and Kochi as on ...
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TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Cotton may test resistance level
New York cotton futures ended marginally higher on Friday. Markets will eagerly await the key demand/supply report from USDA and more importantly, news on demand in top consumer China. Another thing to note would be the resilience of fibre ...
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GOLD & SILVER
Meltdown in precious metals
In the midst of their northward journey in recent days, precious metal prices had an intermittent fall in the Indian market on cues from international market where long-liquidation was the theme. In what traders described as global meltdown, ...
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COMMODITY MARKETS
Commodities: Time is ripe to invest
Notwithstanding internal and external challenges faced by the farm sector, there are huge opportunities for investment in related businesses.
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