AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
CLIMATE & WEATHER
Earth Sciences Ministry working on ‘Agro-Met’ model
For village-wise accessibility of reliable weather forecasts
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RUBBER
Spot rubber prices static
Kottayam, Aug. 25 Domestic rubber prices ended almost unchanged on Saturday. Market activities were an extremely on a low key as most of the traders were off for Onam holidays. On the physical front, sheet rubber ruled flat at Rs 85 a kg both ...
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SUGAR
Maharashtra mills plan 20 lt sugar exports
New Delhi, Aug 25 Mills in Maharashtra plan to export up to 15 lakh tonnes (lt) of white sugar and 7-9 lt of raw sugar during the ensuing 2007-08 crushing season (October-September).“During the current season, we have so far ...
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TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Bearish signs for palm oil
Malaysian crude palm oil futures ended flat on Friday as the market awaited further clues for direction. CPO active month contract bounced higher, but still lacks the momentum to sustain and push higher. As expected we saw a bounce higher towards ...
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AGRICULTURAL POLICY
Bailout plan for farmers with un-harvested cane
New Delhi, Aug. 25 After the Maharashtra Government’s decision to pay sugarcane farmers up to Rs 25,000 per hectare for their standing crop that lay uncrushed this season, it is now the Centre’s turn to moot a similar compensation ...
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COMMODITY MARKETS
COMMODITY CONCEPTS
Farm realities
India is an agrarian economy. Agriculture is the country’s largest private sector activity. Close to 60 per cent of the population (nearly 60 crore people) depend on agriculture and related activities for their livelihood. The ...
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E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS
ITC e-Choupal to focus on product traceability
Will help farmers earn higher returns
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