Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Monday, January 09, 2006
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Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Monday, January 09, 2006 |
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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES CONTRACT FARMING 
Contract farming to the foreFarmers harvesting potatoes in Ithalar, Udhagamandalam, in Tamil Nadu. With nearly 60 per cent of the area in the country under potato cultivation, contract farming is widespread, mostly catering to processing companies. Apart from traditional ... More AQUACULTURE Shorter hours of power supply hit shrimp farms in AP CUT in duration of power supply has hit aquaculture farms in the coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh. The regional office of the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) has written to APTransco to help the farmers by increasing the ... More INSIGHT Needed a soil, not green, revolution Agriculture can never be salvaged with a "trickle down" approach, which stands debunked now after four decades of the so-called Green Revolution. We need a revolution on the farm. More INFRASTRUCTURE AP Govt seeks PM's help in clearance of irrigation projects THE Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, has sought the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh's help for early clearance for the pending irrigation projects, including the ambitious multi-crore Polavaram project. In an interaction with the ... More RUBBER Small rubber dealers in a spot over high prices Natural rubber prices in the domestic market are currently ruling at record high levels, powered by increasing demand, a palpable shortage of the commodity and rising prices in international markets. More TEA Fair demand at Kochi tea sale A FAIR general demand persisted for almost all varieties of tea at the Kochi tea auction. Of the quantity of 9,22,000 kg on offer in the dust category, CTC dust were lower by Rs 2-3. Orthodox dust grades were steady. As per the figures made ... More TECHNICAL ANALYSIS 
Consolidation likely in cottonNEW YORK cotton futures ended higher on Friday on speculative buying waiting for positive directional news. Though overall fund buying in commodities provided support for cotton futures, market participants keenly await the monthly ... More DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS Dakshina Kannada milk co-op to hike procurement price DAKSHINA Kannada Cooperative Milk Producers' Union has decided to increase the procurement price of milk by 25 paise a litre from January 11. Addressing presspersons here, the President of the union, Mr B. Niranjana, said that there would be no ... More OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL COMMODITY COMMENTARY Messy policies put vegetable oil industry in a fix THE country's burgeoning vegetable oil industry is in a fix with none in the Government willing to lend a sympathetic ear to their genuine woes. Vanaspati and refined oil manufacturers are at a complete loss to understand the mysterious ... More
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