The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, November 14, 2004

WHEAT
Call for new wheat varieties to meet specific demand
"CHANGES in the crop enterprise occur simultaneously in five sectors, namely technology; institutions; agrarian structure; crop constellation; and trade and market. The transition from self-sufficiency to trade-oriented outlook would become an ... More

RUBBER
Moderation in supply of sheet rubber
RUBBER market is not witnessing much fluctuations these days and the prices remain quite remunerative to the growers — around Rs 53 per kg for RSS 4. October to January is the peak production season and normally, rubber should flood the ... More

TEA
Chordia to head Coimbatore tea buyers' body
COIMBATORE: Mr Siddharth J. Chordia was elected Chairman of the Tea Buyers' Association of Coimbatore at its fifth AGM. He succeeds Mr U.V. Saraf. Mr A.R. Ravindran Pillai was elected Vice Chairman of the association for the year ... More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Palm oil may move higher
MALAYSIAN crude palm oil futures on MDEX closed higher on Wednesday helped by gains in the overnight CBOT soya oil futures coupled with short-covering ahead of a long holiday. The market is closed from Thursday through Tuesday to mark the Hindu ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS
India rejects Malaysia's proposal for curbs on pepper exports
INDIA has turned down a proposal from Malaysia on a "self-imposed output quota to prevent oversupply," saying it is not a practical solution. Reacting to reports of Kuala Lumpur's suggestion, Mr S. Kannan, Director (Marketing), Spices Board, ... More

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