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WHEAT


Global wheat prices ease on crop prospects
GLOBAL wheat crop conditions for 2006 appear favourable, as a result of which export prices have turned soft. Conditions for planting 2006-crop winter wheat are beneficial to the European Union, and planting progress in the US is ... More

CULTIVATION


Govts urged to provide subsidy to promote organic farming
THE International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) on Thursday reiterated that governments should stop providing export subsidies for conventional agriculture and instead allocate them to promote organic farming. Addressing ... More

AQUACULTURE


US dumping duty on Indian shrimps to stay
THE US-based International Trade Commission (ITC) has decided not to revoke the existing anti-dumping duty on shrimp imports from India and Thailand. Subsequent to the December 26 tsunami that devastated vast areas of the Indian coastline, ... More

High on demand
A vendor displaying a live crab at a market in Kerala's Thrissur city. Demand for live crabs from the country has shot up with Far-Eastern countries such as Singapore, Taiwan and Indonesia buying them. Live crab exports totalled 1,749 tonnes ... More

INSIGHT


In MP, small farmers face big troubles
HAS technology, access to credit, superior quality of fertilisers, etc, improved the lot of the small/marginal farmer with a landholding of two-three acres? "Absolutely not," says Mr H. B. Sen, Director, Krishak ... More

RUBBER


Rubber prices move up further
Covering groups turned extremely aggressive and the prices rose sharply on their highly speculative offers in all grades. The transactions were practically nil as growers and dealers preferred to hold the stock expecting sheet rubber to move ... More

TEA


Girnar plans foray into TN tea market
THE Girnar group, which has a strong presence in the retail tea market in Maharashtra, is making a foray into Tamil Nadu through direct sales outlets and channel partners. The company finds the Tamil Nadu tea market one of the fastest growing ... More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS


Gold may test resistance level
SPOT gold prices clawed back higher supported by a stronger Euro, ahead of a European central bank meeting. Gold had lost 3 per cent from late last week going into Wednesday's session on fund selling across the metals complex, taking it to its ... More

DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS


Milk output to touch record 96 million tonnes next year
MILK production in the country is expected to post a strong growth of four million tonnes (mt) in 2006 taking total output to a new high of 96 mt next year. India is world's largest milk producer since the mid-1990s. Increased fodder ... More

COTTON


Tulasi Seeds gets best entrepreneur award
IN 1990, Mr Tulasi Ramachandra Prabhu of Guntur took to cotton cultivation, which promised good returns. In the first year, the hybrid he used did live up to the promise, and he made some money. The next year, he brought more land under the ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL


Sopa opposes palm oil duty cut
CHENNAI: The Soyabean Processors Assoication of India (Sopa) has opposed any move to cut the Customs duty on crude palm oil. Mr Rajesh Agrawal, President, Sopa, in a letter to the Union Agriculture Minister, Mr Sharad Pawar, said any such ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS


Pepper production likely to fall by 30 pc
PEPPER production in the country is estimated to fall by 30 per cent in the next season due to the negative impact of the heavy south-west monsoon rains this year. According to trade estimates, it would be around 50,000 tonnes next year against ... More

WTO


Subsidise or perish!
DR DEVINDER SHARMA, a food and trade policy analyst, has said that scientific apartheid has begun against developing countries by the multinational companies and the developed countries. Countries like India have no wherewithal either to carry ... More

AP Govt opens WTO Cell
TO create awareness among farmers about WTO (World Trade Organisation) and how it impacts them, the State Government has opened a dedicated cell at the office of the Commissioner of Agriculture here. The WTO Cell would gather the latest ... More




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