The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, August 07, 2007

CLIMATE & WEATHER
Bay storm crosses coast, two more in offing
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 6 Sunday’s depression over northwest Bay of Bengal moved westward and intensified into a deep depression and crossed the Orissa coast to the north of Paradeep early on Monday morning. It is likely to move ... More

CULTIVATION
‘Farmers can’t ignore post-harvest practices’
Coimbatore, Aug. 6 If market-led agriculture is the dictate of a changing time, supply-chain management by networking stakeholders starting from growers to end-consumers has become an important marketing tool, especially in fruits and ... More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Gaining on demand
Major producer: A farmer harvesting potato at a farm near Kodaikanal in Tamil Nadu. India is the world's third largest producer with a production of 2.50 lakh tonnes, after China and Russia. Potato prices have gained over 10 per cent since the ... More

RUBBER
Aid for rubber planting, replanting
The Rubber Board has invited applications for financial assistance to replanting and new planting under the Rubber Plantation Development Scheme. Two copies of the survey plan of the area already planted or intended to be planted during 2007, ... More

Spot rubber gains on futures’ cues
Kottayam, Aug. 6 Spot rubber improved on Monday. The bullish fever in domestic futures set the trend of the day and the physical prices followed suit recording smart gains in all grades except latex which appeared to be in a comparatively slow ... More

TEA
Prices lower at Teaserve auctions
Producers who sold their teas through the Teaserve auctions – world’s first tea e-auctions – got the lowest price among all the auction centres in the country. According to the Tea Board, in the first half of this ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
Labelling norms on nutritional values put off
Centre gives time till Feb 20, may hold talks with industry More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Marginal rise in nearby pepper positions
Pepper futures market witnessed a marginal increase in nearby positions on Monday close after declining on technical grounds. The fall was despite Vietnam prices moving up by $50 a tonne. However, longer positions dropped. ... More

PEOPLE
New office-bearers of tea body
the Chairman of the Consultative Committee of Plantation Associations (CCPA), the apex body of the plantations associations in the country, according to a statement issued by the ITA. —Our ... More

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