AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
CORPORATE FARMING
Corporatisation of agriculture output, marketing emphasised
Workshop on `Agri-marketing in India: Opportunities and challenges'
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FARM CREDIT
`No dues' certificate: Farmers get relief
Credit guarantee scheme soon
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CLIMATE & WEATHER
Untimely rains, duck disease hit Kuttanadu farmers hard
Recent summer rains accompanied by strong winds, and outbreak of duck disease in the upper Kuttanadu region in Pathanamthitta district have caused heavy losses to farmers in the region. Though upper Kuttanadu has around 10,000 acres of ...
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PULSES
Pulses imports need no subsidy
The Union Government's reported decision to grant a 15 per cent subsidy to parastatals and public sector trading companies for importing large volumes of pulses is an aberration that is not justified and needs an urgent review. Conceded that ...
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STORAGE
Girijan Co-operative Corpn plans cold storage units
Processing unit in Rajahmundry may be expanded
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HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Glut situation
GOING CHEAP: Tomatoes kept in cartons of 40 kg for sale at Thuvarankurichi market in Tiruchi, Tamil Nadu. Tomato prices have declined to 50 paise a kg on heavy arrivals and higher production. A similar situation prevails in other parts of the ...
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RUBBER
Bearish global prices peg sheet rubber lower
Physical rubber prices witnessed a mixed trend on Wednesday. Global rubber prices were bearish and hence, sheet rubber closed slightly down at Rs 86.50 against Rs 86.75 and Rs 87 a kg respectively at Kottayam and Kochi. Ungraded rubber also lost ...
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METALS
Platinum, palladium may scale new highs in 2007
Precious metals are set to go places this year. After gold and silver, it is platinum and palladium. Strong fundamentals and positive investor sentiment towards platinum would combine to result in a further rally, while the outlook for palladium ...
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Metal SMEs allowed to hedge risk in global exchanges
The RBI has also allowed actual users of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) to hedge their economic exposures in the international commodity exchanges based on their domestic purchase.
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COFFEE
2006 declared `boom year' for coffee, rubber
The Department of Commerce has announced the price spectrum band for the year 2006 for rubber, coffee and tea. A release issued here said the price spectrum band for each commodity has been calculated on the basis of the seven years' moving ...
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SPICES & CONDIMENTS
ITC-ILTD eyes N-E region for growing spices
Indian Leaf Tobacco Development (ILTD) Division, the leaf tobacco arm of ITC Ltd, having forayed into the business of organic spices in a big way, is now looking at the North-East region for development of spices. The Division has already ...
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Bears pull down pepper futures
Pepper futures witnessed a sharp fall on Wednesday despite fundamentals continuing to remain strong and a bullish world market. Market observers attributed the fall to bearish activities. Surprisingly some of the bears have turned bulls now, ...
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COMMODITY MARKETS
Chinese data props up zinc, copper prices
Lower supply growth, increasing consumption in Asia
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EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Sugar exports: Industry faces double whammy
Rupee's rise against $; sharp fall in global prices
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