The Hindu Business Line : Friday, August 08, 2008

AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES

COFFEE: Fertiliser shortage may hit coffee output next year
High costs of plant protection items, copper sulphate add to woes. Kochi, Aug 7 Acute shortage of fertilisers is likely to impact the coffee crop in Karnataka’s Kodagu region next year. ...

GOLD & SILVER: Falling gold prices may spur physical demand
It continues to be a popular asset as safe haven investment. Mumbai, Aug 7 Recent easing of gold prices following decline in crude and sell off in base metals has ignited greater interest about the future price movements of the yellow metal. ...

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL: Soyameal shipments may top 55 lakh t; oilmeal exports double
Chennai, Aug 7 Soyameal exports more than quadrupled and rapeseed meal trebled in July, as oilmeal shipments from the country doubled compared with the same period a year ...

GOLD & SILVER: ‘Rise in gold price helping mining cos’
Rio Tinto’s Indian operations to begin next year. Mumbai, Aug. 7 The recent rise in gold prices seems to have given a new lease of life to the struggling global mining ...

CLIMATE & WEATHER: Revived monsoon trims rain deficit to 1%
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 7 A second week of revived monsoon in the peninsula has managed to make some dent in the all-India rainfall deficit, assessed at one per cent till Wednesday (August 6). ...

INSIGHT: Eco-friendly farming
The recently released ‘International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development’ (IAASTD) report has been rejected by the US, Canada and Australia as “anti-science”. The IAASTD is ...

SPICES & CONDIMENTS: Spices Board fixes lower export target
If exporters follow the targets set by the Spices Board, they may find themselves exporting an overall lower volume and pocketing a lower earning by March 2009 compared to March 2008. ...

SPICES & CONDIMENTS: Bears pull down pepper futures
Kochi, Aug 07 The pepper futures market continued to witness high volatility on Thursday. The market traded easier and closed lower on bearish activities. All the contracts declined on NCDEX. August was down by Rs 62 a quintal, while the drop ...

RUBBER: Spot rubber continues to rule firm
Kottayam, Aug. 7 Rubber prices finished unchanged on Thursday. The market sustained at the quoted levels even against weak global indices on covering purchases. ...