The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, July 12, 2007

CLIMATE & WEATHER
Rain belt shifts to signal weak monsoon phase
Thiruvananthapuram, July 11 Active rain belt is shifting to the Himalayan foothills in the east even as the existing low-pressure area over southeast Rajasthan and neighbourhood became less marked on Wednesday. Model predictions suggest ... More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Meeting demand
Biggest producer: Farmers transporting bananas for sale at a local market in the outskirts of Guwahati on Wednesday. Assam is the largest producer of banana in the north-eastern region. Bananas grown in the State are sent ... More

RUBBER
‘Cut input costs to raise income from rubber’
Kottayam, July 11 Any research in agriculture mainly aims at enhancing the income of the farmers on a permanent basis and based on this the research activities of the Rubber Research Institute of India ( RRII) are given priorities, according ... More

Spot rubber gains on renewed buying
Kottayam, July 11 Spot rubber made smart gains on renewed buying from covering groups and purchase agents. The physical market experienced acute shortage of the raw material as there were neither any arrivals to the village markets nor to the ... More

SUGAR
Create fund for sugar industry, RBI tells banks
Mumbai, July 11 The Reserve Bank of India has authorised banks to create a fund of Rs 798 crore for the sugar industry, which would have to be used exclusively for payment of cane arrears to farmers.This follows the Government’s ... More

TEA
Floods worry Nilgiris tea producers
Coonoor, July 11 The flood situation in Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra is causing concern to tea producers of the Nilgiris on the eve of the auctions of the Coonoor Tea Trade Association (CTTA) on Thursday and Friday with a huge volume ... More

Stronger rupee likely to hit tea exports in H2
Shipments slip in May; South India production also drops More

COTTON
Bayer Bio bid to boost hybrid cotton seeds
Hyderabad, July 11 Bayer BioScience Pvt Ltd, formerly Proagro Seed Company, has conducted a ‘Target 400’ programme at Gadwal in the neighbouring Mahboobnagar district with a view to helping the hybrid cotton seed growers increase ... More

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