The Hindu Business Line : Friday, June 22, 2007

CLIMATE & WEATHER
Cyclone alert for AP coast
The Joint Typhoon Warning Centre (JTWC) of the US Navy has put the Bay of Bengal under tropical cyclone formation alert even as India Meteorological Department elevated Wednesday's well marked `low' as a depression status on Thursday. The JTWC ... More

ANIMALS & LIVESTOCK
Plea to include grazing of Bt cotton plants in research studies
In an interesting turn to the issue of deaths of animals that grazed on Bt cotton fields, The Animal Husbandry Department of Andhra Pradesh Government has urged the GEAC (Genetic Engineering Approval Committee) to include "continuous grazing or ... More

CULTIVATION
Picking up pace
WITNESSING UPTREND: Farmers and bullocks taking a break during planting time in Barapani, Meghalaya on Thursday. With monsoon lashing almost all parts of the country, sowing of kharif crops has gathered momentum. Rice is one of the crops that is ... More

Power tiller
PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT: Agricultural operations have begun in Dakshina Kannada. Farmers here prefer power tillers to bullocks.

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Software to trace grapes exports to EU launched
INSPIRING CONFIDENCE More

RUBBER
Spot rubber suffers further setback
The domestic rubber rates suffered further set back on Thursday. News on huge pending stocks and imports by the tyre sector drained the energy out of trading circles even amidst intensified monsoon showers which disrupt tapping and latex ... More

SUGAR
Cabinet nod for additional 30 lakh tonnes sugar buffer
To involve outgo of Rs 570 crore from development fund More

AP farmers unhappy with sugar returns
Almost all farmers are unhappy with the negative returns they are getting. More

TEA
Volumes hit 6-month high at Coonoor tea auctions
The arrival of tea for the auctions at the Coonoor Tea Trade Association (CTTA) surged this week too. A volume of 11.09 lakh kg has been catalogued for sale this week which is 1.6 lakh kg more than last week. This is the highest in last six ... More

Prices ease at Kochi tea sale
Tea arrivals at the Kochi tea auction continued to be strong despite the high levels last week. Dust tea arrivals was at 14,00,000 kg, while leaf arrivals was 3,87,000 kg. Good liquoring CTC dust remained steady at last week's levels, while ... More

FOODS & FOOD PROCESSING
Global action plan in food processing sector gets approval
Includes food parks, new abattoirs More

FOODGRAINS
Ruling steady
NO WANE IN DEMAND: A farm worker harvesting maize crop on the outskirts of Kolkata on Thursday. Maize prices are ruling steady at Rs 1,050 a quintal in the Hyderabad market as there are no signs of demand waning. Demand for the grain is coming ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Pepper futures rise on buying support
US buyers have shown interest in Indian pepper, which is the cheapest in the world market at present, market sources told Business Line. Exporters were covering from exchange and exporting. Spot arrivals, meanwhile, were very limited ... More

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