The Hindu Business Line : Friday, October 05, 2007

RUBBER
Better weather helps spot rubber recover
Kottayam, Oct. 4 Spot rubber moved down further on Thursday. Another favourable turn in the weather impacted the sentiments as there were no rains over the past couple of days. Certain traders and growers turned sellers on sheet rubber and the ... More

SUGAR
AP farmers cut area under sugarcane
Down 50,000 hectares this year More

Black jaggery issue continues to dog AP
Hyderabad, Oct. 4 Black jaggery crisis continues to dog Andhra Pradesh, with the BJP and breakaway Telangana Rashtra Samithi opposing the Nafed move to procure the stocks from the State.The AP Markfed, however, argues that the produce ... More

TEA
McLeod Russel announces higher bonus
McLeod Russel India Ltd, the country’s largest tea producer having 55 gardens spread over Assam and West Bengal, has declared a higher bonus this year for its workers totalling 74,000.The workers in Assam gardens, numbering 49, ... More

Fair demand at Coimbatore tea auctions
The total offerings of tea at the weekly auction held at the Tea Trade Association of Coimbatore amounted to 5.12 lakh kg, with leaf grades accounting for 1.54 lakh kg and the balance of the dust.There was a fair demand for the orthodox ... More

FOODGRAINS
AP Markfed maize centres
Hyderabad, Oct. 4 The AP Markfed has opened 365 procurement centres in the 10 maize growing districts, including eight in the Telangana region, this year.Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, Mr Ponnam Prabhakar, Chairman of ... More

AP takes third slot in foodgrain production
Hyderabad, Oct. 4 Andhra Pradesh has climbed up to the third position, from sixth place two years ago, in foodgrain production after Uttar Pradesh and Punjab. The State has produced 169.50 lakh tonnes in 2005-06 (the all-India figures for ... More

WOOL
Sourced from Tibet
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SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Pepper futures drop on reduction of penalty charges
Kochi, Oct. 4 Pepper futures market dropped on Thursday on bearish activities and the latest circular by the NCDEX on the penalty structure.In the international market pepper prices at all the other origins ruled steady to firm. Brazil ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Pak court orders release of detained Indian sugar
Importers say consignments ‘within prescribed standard’ More

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