AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
COMMODITY EXCHANGES
Soya futures gain on bullish CBOT
Mumbai, Jan. 9 Futures trading in most agriculture commodities in the NCDEX ended on a positive note. Chana gained 2.28 per cent to Rs 2,200 per quintal on unconfirmed news that the Government may lift ban of exports. Traders showed interest ...
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RICE
16.5-lakh t paddy to be procured from Cauvery delta districts
Thanjavur, Jan. 9 The Food Minister, Mr A.V. Velu, has expressed the hope that the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation will procure 16.5 lakh tonnes of samba paddy from the Cauvery delta districts of Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam ...
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CLIMATE & WEATHER
Rains spill into plains as new system brews
Widespread snowfall has occurred over the west Himalayan region during the past 24 hours ending Wednesday morning while scattered rain and thundershowers lashed the plains of the northwest. Back-to-back western disturbances spawned by ...
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CULTIVATION
Farmers told to make best use of resources
Mangalore, Jan. 9 The 27th annual Kissan Mela — organised by the Dakshina Kannada-based non-governmental organisation Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project (SKDRDP) — began at Sirsi in Uttara Kannada district on ...
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HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
First instalment of new potato crop arrives in Bengal markets
State ranked No 2 in terms of production volumes
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‘Scope to develop Bengal potato industry on public-pvt partnership’
Lack of adequate agri infrastructure main constraint: YES Bank
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RUBBER
Mixed trend in rubber
Kottayam, Jan. 9 Spot rubber showed a mixed trend on Wednesday. RSS 4 closed unchanged at Rs 95 and Rs 95.50 a kg respectively at Kottayam and Kochi. RSS 5 and ISNR 20 slipped as north Indian buyers stayed back while tyre companies continued ...
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TEA
Govt to call EoIs for 10 closed tea gardens
Kolkata, Jan. 9 The Union Ministry of Commerce will issue advertisements by January 15 inviting Expressions of Interest (EoI) for handing over 10 — five each in West Bengal and Kerala — closed tea gardens to parties that are ...
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Tea marketing order amended to boost grower income
Coonoor, Jan. 9 Two amendments brought about by the Tea Board, effective from January 1, 2008, are claimed to be tools for augmenting the income of the small growers in the Nilgiris. One relates to the sharing of the sale proceeds of ...
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GOLD & SILVER
Gold prices maintain upswing
Mumbai, Jan. 9 For the safe haven metal there is no turning back as yet, for it has already broken its last high of $850 an ounce set in 1980 thrice this year to reach the new all-time high of $887.85/oz.Tracking this international ...
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COTTON
Plea to ban cotton exports
The Madurai Spinners Association has demanded a ban on exports of cotton and cotton waste for a period of time to save the industry from its current crisis. In an appeal to the Union Government, the Association Secretary, Mr P.S. Sivaprasad, ...
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POULTRY
Chicken dressing plant planned in Delhi
Coimbatore, Jan. 9The country’s first ever chicken dressing plant under private-public partnership (PPP) basis is to come up in Delhi with the Delhi Agricultural Marketing Board (DAMB) proposing to set up the plant at the existing ...
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SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Pepper futures decline marginally
Kochi, Jan. 9 Pepper futures market on Wednesday witnessed marginal decline on bearish sentiments. Investors, who were actively buying, slowed down and reduced the premium they were offering for January. In fact, the activities are ...
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Cardamom growers take up replanting
Encouraged by good prices during current season
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EVENTS
‘Address tariff escalation on value-added products’
Jairam Ramesh asks developed nations to take it up at Doha talks
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TRENDS
SEZ: Farmers resist move to acquire more land
Farmers of five villages in Rambilli mandal in Visakhapatnam district, in danger of losing their lands for the SEZ in the second phase of land acquisition, have taken a decision not to part with the lands and to resist the move of the ...
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