AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
COMMODITY EXCHANGES
Turnover on commodity exchanges tumbles
High volatility results in investors incurring losses
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Guarseed, pepper, chilli post gains
Commodity markets ended Friday on a positive note with guarseed, pepper, chilli and wheat surging ahead. Despite it being the peak season for guarseed arrivals in the market, the prices of the near month contract on NCDEX moved up by 1.45 per ...
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WHEAT
Record wheat discharge at Mumbai port
MUMBAI: Mumbai port discharged a record quantity of 6,603 tonnes of wheat on a single day last week. Port officials say that it has adequate facilities for handling food grain with berths available for direct berthing on arrival, equipped ...
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CLIMATE & WEATHER
North-East monsoon shuts itself out, for now
A surprisingly inactive Bay of Bengal is engaging the attention of forecasters, prompting at least some of them to wonder if the northeast monsoon has shut itself out at least temporarily. "Rains of the northeast monsoon seem to have taken ...
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CULTIVATION
Over 50 pc sowing completed in wheat
Higher acreage comes at the expense of rapeseed/mustard
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SOCIAL SECURITY
Rs 6,000-cr State-wise relief package for farmers soon
The Government is finalising a Rs 6,000-core State-wise relief package to mitigate the sufferings of farmers and prevent them from committing suicide, said Mr M. V. Rajasekharan, Minister of State for Planning. While speaking at the concluding ...
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COMMODITIES
Lower energy prices peg inflation at 5.29%
Wholesale Price Index for all commodities up to 208.9 points
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RUBBER
Chemical to raise rubber yield
Barath Agrotech has introduced Vitex, a product imported from Malaysia to prevent and cure dryness of the bark of rubber trees and to increase the yield. The company claimed that the application of Vitex would increase the ...
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Spot rubber slips further
The domestic rubber rates moved down further as TOCOM extended its losses on Friday. News on fundamental and technical weakness in global rubber prices hammered the domestic sentiments. Sheet rubber fell to Rs 76.50 and Rs 76.00 a kg from Rs ...
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COTTON
Cotton market clueless amidst claims on output
Gujarat crop prices harden; Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh rates dip
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CO-OPERATIVES
Co-op sugar mills aim at 100 pc capacity utilisation target
Rehab package to increase cane-crushing capacity, modernise facilities
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