AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
INSIGHT
Hedging to manage price risks
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COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES
HC quashes DGFT order
Ban on milk powder exports
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Pak mills get stay against Indian sugar imports
Order based on 1996 report showing higher sulphur di-oxide content
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INSURANCE
Insurance cover for tea growers
Indcoserve, the apex body of the various industrial co-operative tea factories called the Indco factories, has decided to cover the members of these factories under a new insurance scheme being mooted by the Tea Board. The scheme including ...
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PLANTATIONS
Tapioca growers seek transparency in sample testing
Members of the United Farmers Association in Salem have urged for greater transparency in the analysis of the chemical properties such as the presence of the hydrocyanic acid content in sago/starch as it is agitating both the sago factories ...
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RUBBER
Spot rubber gains on global trend
Kottayam, Sept. 5 Rubber prices improved on Wednesday. Intensified rains and a better closing in global indices supported the domestic markets to remain in the positive zone. In spot, RSS 4 was firm at Rs 88.50 against Rs 88 a kg at Kottayam ...
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TEA
Talks soon on bonus for Bengal tea garden staff
Garden owners for paying less despite higher production
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‘Dam Dim Tea Estate management forced to declare lock-out’
Kolkata, Sept. 5 The management of Dam Dim Tea Estate in Dooars in the northern part of West Bengal was forced to declare a lock-out in the tea estate from September 4 after the Manager, three Assistant Managers and two Welfare Officers were ...
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Higher volume on offer at Coonoor tea auctions
Coonoor, Sept. 5 The volume offered for Sale No: 36 of the Coonoor Tea Trade Association auctions to be held here on Thursday and Friday has risen by 44,000 kg over last week’s offer due to increased arrivals and listing of unsold teas ...
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METALS
Bears control metals complex
Mumbai, Sept. 5 Base metals continued to be in the grips of the bears on Wednesday. Outcome of the US ISM manufacturing data below market expectation proved to be bearish for the metals complex, said Mr Darshan Shah of STCI Commodities. ...
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TOBACCO
Tobacco growers in Karnataka eye higher yields
Kolkata, Sep. 5 Even as speculation is rife over higher average price realisation for the export quality crop in the forthcoming Mysore Tobacco Auctions, farmers in Hunsur and Periapatna taluks in Karnataka are pursuing improved farm ...
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SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Firm global market buoys pepper futures
Kochi, Sept. 5 Indian pepper futures market witnessed an upward trend for the second day on Wednesday on reports of firm international market and increase in Indonesian prices. Buying interest was reported from the US and the Europe, ...
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FMC urged to remove quantity curbs on pepper
Kochi, Sept.5 The Cochin Hill Produce Merchants’ Association (CHPMA) on Wednesday urged the Forward Markets Commission (FMC) to remove the quantity restriction on nearby month position as it had negatively affected the pepper trade. ...
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AGRICULTURAL POLICY
POABS Organic unhappy with Govt taking over estate
Kochi, Sept. 5 The POABS Organic estates has alleged that the recent decision of the Kerala Government to take over its Thuthampara estate in Palakkad district has resulted in damaging the company’s image before its overseas buyers and ...
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EVENTS
Workshop on soil health
Hyderabad, Sept. 5 The Andhra Pradesh Government has been spending Rs 1,000 on an average on every hectare (aggregating all Governmental support). “But it is spending only Rs 196 a hectare on extension, which is vital for grooming ...
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MARKETING
Retailers continue to obtain produce from APMC markets
Act amendment in States allows direct buys from farmers
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