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WHEAT: Wheat imports turn a cheaper proposition
But mills unlikely to go for the bait, await FCI sale. Chennai, Nov. 25 Even as farmers in wheat-growing States await the Centre’s decision on raising the minimum support price (MSP) for the rabi crop, global traders are offering the grain ...

CULTIVATION: Conservation farming gathering pace
Scope for growth seen in north-west, central India. Globally, around 72 million hectares of farm land has come under ‘Conservation Agriculture’. Brazil is the leader with 22 million hectares or 45 per cent of its total ...

CLIMATE & WEATHER: Bay depression may intensify, to cross TN coast
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov. 25 The well-marked low-pressure area over north Sri Lanka and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal has concentrated into a depression and lay centred 200 km southeast of Pamban and about 300 km south-southeast ...

RUBBER: Spot rubber rises as sellers keep away
Kottayam, Nov. 25 The rubber prices showed a better mood on Tuesday. According to observers, the market ruled firm in the absence of quantity sellers though there has been no fresh buying orders from any major consuming industries.Sheet ...

COTTON: Cotton exports plunge 95%
Mumbai, Nov. 25 Cotton exports have plunged 95 per cent to 75,000 bales between October 1 and November 15, against 20 lakh bales exported in the same period last year, according to Cotton Association of ...

SPICES & CONDIMENTS: Pepper crashes on reports of increased supply in Indonesia
Kochi, Nov. 25 Pepper futures market after witnessing high volatility and an upward movement till 30 minutes before the close crashed on Tuesday on reports of large quantity of surplus pepper ...

TEA: Nilgiris tea output up 10% in October
Coonoor, Nov. 25 Tea production in Nilgiris, the largest tea growing district in South India, rose 10 per cent last month over October ...





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