AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
COMMODITY EXCHANGES
MCX to kick-start steel futures trading
THE Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (MCX) is all set to launch trading in steel futures contracts in Mumbai on March 11. Dr Jamshed J. Irani, Director of Tata Sons Ltd, will be the chief guest on the occasion and would formally launch ...
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ANIMALS & LIVESTOCK
KSE draws up expansion plan; to set up veg refining plant
THE Kerala-based KSE Ltd, one of the leading cattle feed manufacturers in the country, is to embark on an expansion programme by doubling its solvent extraction capacity apart from setting up a modern eco-friendly vegetable refining plant. The ...
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CULTIVATION
`Farmers may benefit by trading in carbon'
RESEARCH economists say electrical power plants and other manufacturing agencies could some day seek the aid of farmers, offering contracts to help industrial firms reduce carbon emissions. For farmers, such agreements could create an ...
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AQUACULTURE
Dry spell
Fishing boats are also facing a kind of "drought" this season, as catches are low. It is estimated that each fishing trip on a traditional boat like this one costs Rs 4,000. Since the catch does not add up to all the labour and investment, the ...
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HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
AP move to stabilise tomato price
HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh Government has stepped in to check the falling tomato prices in Chittoor district. Reacting to newspaper reports that tomatoes were being sold below one rupee a kilogram in Chittoor district, the Government ...
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DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS
French cheese to vanish from Indian tables — Fall-out of ban on cattle treated with prostaglandin
INDIAN consumers of Le Bon and Danone cheese and butter may be denied the luxury of having them anymore. That is because the Union Government has slapped a ban on imports of milk and milk products from animals that have been treated with ...
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JUTE
Raw jute prices hover below MSP
THE ongoing jute year (July-June) is about to enter its last quarter but any sort of raw jute crisis is ruled out by agriculturists and traders of raw jute. Sources in the raw jute trading circles said that there is enough stock to meet the ...
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OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
Soya processors relieved over receding avian flu
THE domestic soyabean processing industry is heaving a sigh of relief with the influence of avian flu clearly waning. The month of February was rather tough for soyabean extractions exporters here because of business uncertainties arising out of ...
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MINERALS
Share of India, Australia in iron ore market expected to increase
THE shares of India and Australia in the global iron ore market are expected to increase this year, thanks to their proximity to China and rising freight rates. China, the largest market for iron ore, is estimated to have increased its imports ...
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EVENTS
Symposium on vanilla farming in Hyderabad
INDO Bionomics, a city-based biotech company, is organising a day-long symposium on March 28 to promote vanilla cultivation in Andhra Pradesh. Speaking to newspersons, Mr Veera Reddy, Director, said that the production of natural vanilla meets ...
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CO-OPERATIVES
`PFI status to NDDB strikes at co-op credo' — Diversion of co-op funds to MNCs imminent, says Kurien
THE National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) in its new avatar as a public finance institution (PFI) is all set to jettison the cause of co-operatives, fears Dr Verghese Kurien, Chairman of National Co-operative Dairy Federation of India ...
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