The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, November 14, 2009

AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES

SEEDS: New cane seeds could wipe out sugar shortage
SWEET RELIEF. Mumbai, Nov. 13 Farmers in North India got a welcome gift in the form of three new high-yielding sugarcane seeds to be introduced by the Coimbatore-based Sugarcane Breeding ...

COFFEE: Coffee Board seeks higher subsidy for replantation, mechanisation
‘Increase in support will attract investments to the sector’. Bangalore Nov. 13 In a bid to support the domestic coffee growers face the situation arising out of Free Trade Agreement with the Association of South East Asian Nations ...

CLIMATE & WEATHER: Unstable weather forecast across country over weekend
Prevailing weather across the country is poised to get unstable with Cyclone Phyan remnant dictating terms over the north as does an incoming easterly wave to the ...

RUBBER: Demand-supply gap in rubber likely to stretch further
Board urged to increase plantation area. Kochi, Nov. 13 Given the handsome returns as the price of natural rubber continues to hover over Rs 100 a kg, farmers are unwilling to cut down their low-yielding aged rubber trees and re-plant them with ...

TEA: Tea prices stay weak at Kochi auction
Kochi, Nov. 13 Arrivals eased at the Kochi tea auction to 12,81,000 kg in dust and 3,54,000 kg on leaf ...

TEA: Assam, Dooars CTC teas rule firm
Kolkata, Nov. 13 This week, good Assam and Dooars CTC teas were firm around last levels, while the remainder were barely steady and irregularly lower following quality, according to J Thomas & Company Pvt ...

RUBBER: Rubber prices end flat
Kottayam, Nov. 13 The physical rubber prices finished almost unchanged on Friday. According to observers, the market was rather calm with a decline in volumes during ...

TEA: Nilgiris tea output falls 9.6% in Oct
Coonoor, Nov. 13 The conducive weather that prevailed in tea growing zones of the Nilgiris, South India’s largest tea producing district, in September continued for only a week in October. Thereafter, the weather was dry. So, the ...

SPICES & CONDIMENTS: Pepper futures end lower
Pepper futures on Friday ruled almost steady, with a marginal slip on limited activities. Not much activity was seen as buyers abstained while sellers were limited, market ...

Columnists: • G Chandrashekhar • Sharad Joshi

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Nifty (at close)	4,998.65 (+46.30)
US Dollar (Buy/Sell)	46.31/32
Brent crude (a bbl) Rs	3,625
Gold (a gram) Rs	1,581
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