AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
COMMODITY EXCHANGES
NCDEX includes new delivery centres for soyabean contracts
Starting June 2007, there will be two contracts
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CLIMATE & WEATHER
Weather trigger for sustained crude spiral ruled out
Warmer winter has curbed US demand for heating oil
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COMMODITIES
Inflation up on costlier food, manufactured items
Wholesale Price Index of all commodities rises to 208
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RUBBER
Tyre industry to import rubber to check prices
30,000-40,000 tonnes likely to arrive in next 3 months
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Spot rubber suffers setback
Sharp declines in global rubber futures following a fall in precious metals and oil futures hammered the domestic prices on Friday. On the physical front, prices suffered all-round set back on moderate selling from traders. Sheet rubber RSS 4 ...
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SUGAR
Sugar export ban to be fully lifted in 20 days: Pawar
Proposal to be taken up at Cabinet meeting next week
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TEA
Tea prices mixed at Kochi sale
Prices of most CTC varieties that opened on a strong note, tended to ease towards close of the Kochi dust tea auction. Orthodox high grown varieties tended to ease while medium and secondaries remained steady. There was 10 lakh kg of dust tea on ...
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WATER
Kerala asks TN to explain reason for abandoning Mullaperiyar talks
The Kerala Government has asked the Tamil Nadu Government to clarify the reasons for the latter's unilateral decision to not have any discussions on the Mullaperiyar issue. The Water Resources Minister, Mr N.K. Premachandran, said here on ...
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AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
New Nabard board member
Mr K. Narasimha Murthy has been nominated as a member on the Board of Supervision of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard), Mumbai. The Board of Supervision is a high-powered body separate from the ...
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OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
Soyameal exports up 14% in Dec
Soyameal exports in December registered a 14.05 per cent growth to 6.15 lakh tonnes against 5.39 lakh tonnes during the same period a year ago. Mr Rajesh Agrawal, spokesperson and coordinator, Soyabean Processors Association of ...
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SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Pepper, soya turn hot
In the last two days, pepper futures on NCDEX have gained Rs 457 to Rs 11,170 a quintal even as no major export order has been firmed up. Despite higher production, soyabean and soyaoil futures saw some buying interest pushing up prices by 1.04 ...
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AGRICULTURAL POLICY
Free ride
SHUTTERS DOWN: Children riding bicycles at an Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee yard at Yeshwanthpur in Bangalore on Friday. The State-level APMC Action Committee had called a bandh in protest against the amendment to the APMC Act. ...
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INTERVIEW
Stockists behind shortage: Rubber Board
"Rubber, rubber every where, but not a drop (kg) in the market" a dealer said sarcastically. This is the harvesting season when the rubber growers tap the trees enthusiastically. But it is in short supply even during this peak production period. ...
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