The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, May 09, 2007

CLIMATE & WEATHER
Bay arm of monsoon nearing home stretch
Conditions are becoming favourable for advance of southwest monsoon over parts of southeast Bay of Bengal and south Andaman Sea, according to India Meteorological Department (IMD). This is being seen as the firmest indication yet that the ... More

RUBBER
Spot rubber prices decline
Spot rubber weakened on Tuesday. "It was often difficult to analyse the market behaviour'' traders said, "but looking from the physical front it could be seen that we merely followed the bearish domestic futures''. Sheet rubber RSS 4 declined ... More

SUGAR
New sugarcane variety
An improved sugarcane variety named has been released by the Sugarcane Breeding Institute in Coimbatore. Named Co 99004 (Damodar) the variety is suitable for cultivation in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Gujarat. ... More

TEA
Tea export target set at 210 mkg
The target for the current year's tea exports has been set at 210 million kg (mkg). Last year, India exported 203 mkg of teas, against the target of 200 mkg. The current year's thrust markets, according to Mr Basudeb Banerjee, Chairman, Tea ... More

Selective demand at Coimbatore tea auction
The total offerings dipped marginally from 3.85 lakh kg the earlier week to 3.54 lakh kg for the just ended week at the weekly tea auction held at the Tea Trade Association of Coimbatore. Of the total, the leaf grades accounted for 1.38 lakh ... More

Tata Tea seeks Govt nod for non-tea produce cultivation
Officials of Tata Tea today met ministers and senior officials of the Government of West Bengal and sought permission to embark upon the cultivation of non-tea produce in vacant land that is available in four company-owned tea gardens in the ... More

WATER
Polavaram project under CWC appraisal
The Central Water Commission (CWC) is appraising various `ticklish' issues concerning the Polavaram project, which has got into controversy in the State. Issues regarding irrigation planning, hydel civil design, cost, backwaters and inter-State ... More

COTTON
Global cotton production may dip a tad
Strong upside risk to prices likely to benefit Indian growers More

Cotton exports grind to a halt on higher local prices
Rupee gain, competition from US add to woes More

Syngenta develops biz model for protection of cotton varieties
Plans to extend it to DCH-32, existing Bt ELS strains More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
JADE launching crude palm oil futures
The Singapore-based Joint Asian Derivatives Exchange (JADE) will launch its crude palm oil (CPO) futures contract on June 6. An electronic derivative market, JADE is a joint venture between the Chicago Board of Trade and Singapore Exchange. ... More

EVENTS
Chennai to host global wheat milling seminar
An international short course-cum-seminar on flour milling will be held in Chennai during May 28-30. Organised by the Kansas State University's Department of Grain Science and Industry along with the Milling and Baking Forum, the course will ... More

YSR calls for investments in rainfed areas, cold chains
The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, has called for huge investments in rainfed areas, livestock, fisheries and cold chains in developing countries. Delivering the keynote address at the World Agricultural Forum in St Louis (the US) ... More

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