The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, June 05, 2007

WHEAT
Wheat procurement at 10.7 m tonnes
Wheat procurement by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) and State agencies has touched 106.67 lakh tonnes (lt) during the current 2007-08 rabi marketing season (April-June) as on June 3. Of the 106.67 lt procured for the Central pool, Punjab ... More

CLIMATE & WEATHER
`Gonu' ramps up into super cyclone status
The very severe cyclonic storm `Gonu' in the Arabian Sea has attained class-topping `super cyclone' status (a category-4 storm in the five-step Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale) and is tearing away to slam into the Oman coast. No other storm in ... More

FLORICULTURE
`N-E emerging as floriculture hub'
The Technology Mission on Integrated Development of Horticulture has resulted in 30 per cent increase in area to 1.15 hectares during the last six years. The Rs 229-crore technology mission was launched in 2001. Addressing a seminar on ... More

RUBBER
Lower volumes pull down spot rubber
A marginal improvement in TOCOM near months failed to cheer the domestic rubber markets on Monday. The prices fell in the physical front lacking buyers even at lower levels. Sheet rubber RSS 4 moved down to Rs 85.75 and Rs 85.50 a kg respectively ... More

COCONUT & COPRA
On a slippery path
NEGLECT, COMPETITION: Coconut oil being weighed before sales at an oil mill in Kochi, Kerala. Wild fluctuations in oil prices and neglect of coconut farmers has hit the copra milling industry in the country severely. Coconut oil prices touched ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Rumours turn pepper futures cold
Pepper futures market declined on strong rumours that Vietnam prices have fallen sharply on Monday. Add to this interested parties in Europe who wanted to cover are also spreading such rumours. Besides, the declining trend in the futures ... More

AGRICULTURAL POLICY
Sugar buffer may be hiked
Cut in edible oil Customs duty likely; no wheat import tender `for now' More

Maharashtra order leaves furnace oil users in a fix
State sets June 15 deadline to get purchase licence More

TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS
Tea garden unions move SC on payment of dues
Five unions of tea garden workers in several States have joined hands with IUF, the international union of food and plantation workers, and filed a PIL in Supreme Court demanding, among other things, immediate payment of statutory dues to those ... More

EVENTS
`Vermiculture research must be made multi-disciplinary'
Comprehensive study on earthworms by scientists vital More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
`Duty cut on edible oil cannot rein in prices'
Move may send wrong signal to farmers: Industry More

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