The Hindu Business Line : Monday, November 21, 2005

Two cos offer insurance cover for wheat crop
WHEAT cultivators in Punjab and Haryana now have the option of buying insurance for their crops, with two companies - ICICI Lombard and Agriculture Insurance Company - launching specialised cover. ICICI Lombard's insurance cover protects ... More

CULTIVATION

Rabi grains sowing trailing, oilseeds coverage up
SOWING in all rabi grains, barring rice, is lagging behind, while the total coverage under oilseeds has increased. According to a Union Agriculture Ministry statement, wheat has been sown in 19.05 lakh hectares (lh) against 25.37 lh during the ... More

SUGAR

TN sugar mills to supply ethanol to oil cos from Dec
Bharat Petroleum has given `letters of intent' in Tamil Nadu, accepting the price of Rs 18.75 a litre of anhydrous ethanol quoted by the sugar mills. More

Encourage cane-based alcohol units: Expert
THE failure of the project for supplying alcohol-mixed petrol (called gasohol in the US) is not surprising, considering the manner in which the scheme has been pursued in India, but it can be made a success, if the Government encourages ... More

TEA

Mixed trend in Kochi tea sale
A MIXED trend persisted for almost all varieties of tea at the Kochi tea auction. Though the dust sale witnessed a good general demand, it was comparatively low for leaf varieties. Of the quantity of 12,23,000 kg on offer in the dust category, ... More

Coonoor tea prices look up
LEAF prices improved at the auctions of the Coonoor Tea Trade Association (CTTA) here after the Tea Board allowing manual sale as traders complained that the e-auctions were also responsible for the low prices. Generally, prices rose Rs 2-3 a ... More

COTTON

SICA's initiative to promote ELS cotton
AS PART of its efforts to promote extra long staple (ELS) cotton, the South India Cotton Association (SICA) here is planning to have a front line demonstration (FLD) on cotton cultivation for select cotton farmers groups. SICA has chosen to ... More

BOOKS

Farmers' groups flay obsolete ICAR handbook
THE latest edition (released in February 2005) of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research's `Handbook of Agriculture,' not revised since 1980, has come as a shock for farmers' bodies. Talking to Business Line recently, Mr P. Chengal ... More

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