The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, September 22, 2005

ICAR identifies barley, 7 wheat strains for various regions
THE Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has identified seven new varieties of wheat and one barley strain for release in various agro-climatic conditions in the country. They include drought and disease resistant varieties, along with ... More

INSIGHT

A bitter-sweet season ahead
While the fall in sugar production in 2003-04 and 2004-05 has led to a stabilisation in prices, it has aggravated the industry's infirmities. However, as the new season starts, the Centre's Rs 525-crore special restructuring package could alleviate t he debt burden of the sugar mills. More

RUBBER

Rubber stocks continue to rule low
STOCK position of natural rubber in the domestic market continues to rule at lower levels as rains in the past months have affected tapping. According to estimates by the Rubber Board, rubber stock by the end of August would be around ... More

Moderate rise in rubber prices
SHEET rubber RSS 4 improved to Rs 60 from Rs 59.75 a kg as certain tyre companies came forward to procure the raw material while other grades including latex were steady on buyers' resistance. Most of the buyers preferred to remain on the ... More

TEA

Tea tasting competition showcases S. India's capability
THE Golden Leaf India Awards could possibly have been a litmus test when the idea of conducting such a competition was conceived, but it proved to be a revelation to the South Indian tea trade at large. That South India beat North in tea export ... More

COTTON

Cotton Corpn makes record purchases
COTTON Corporation of India (CCI) has procured 27.52 lakh bales under the minimum support price (MSP) operations during the current cotton season 2004-05, a record purchase. In order to ensure remunerative prices to cotton farmers and also to ... More

EVENTS

Concern over marginalisation of small farmers
EMINENT Agriculture expert, Dr M.S. Swaminathan, has expressed concern over increasing "marginalisation" of small farmers, saying that they were becoming resource poor and were being trapped by hunger, malnutrition and poverty. While recalling ... More

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