The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, January 29, 2008

CORPORATE FARMING
SABMiller promoting barley farming
New Delhi, Jan. 28 SABMiller India, a leading brewer with brands such as Foster’s, has roped in nearly 6,000 farmers across 13,000 acres for contract farming of barley. Besides crop improvement, the move by the brewing major is aimed at ... More

RICE
Rice procurement tops 165 lakh tonnes
New Delhi, Jan 28 The Food Corporation of India (FCI) and State agencies have managed to procure 165.67 lakh tonnes (lt) of rice during the current 2007-08 marketing season (October-September). This is more than the 164.27 lt purchased in the ... More

CLIMATE & WEATHER
No respite from chill for north, northwest
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan. 28 Chilly conditions continued to hold good in most of the north and northwest of the country with weathermen predicting hardly any respite for the next three days at least. Cold wave conditions are prevailing ... More

CULTIVATION
Drop in coverage of major crops as rabi sowing ends
Area under wheat, oilseeds, pulses, cereals down More

TN farmers face peacock menace
Coimbatore, Jan. 28 The national bird peacock has been the farmers’ woe in rural Coimbatore as they raid farm lands destroying raised crops causing economic loss, the villagers here complained.“We have stopped raising any ... More

AQUACULTURE
‘Fishy’ job
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RUBBER
Spot rubber stays steady
Kottayam, Jan. 28 The physical rubber rates were steady despite an all-round decline in domestic and global futures. RSS 4 closed unchanged at Rs 94 a kg at Kottayam but the grade slipped by 25 paise to Rs 93.75 a kg at Kochi. The market ... More

Rubber Board seminar
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COTTON
TN farmers take to Bt cotton in a big way
Perambalur, Jan. 28 N. Venkatachalam, a cotton farmer in Venpaavur village near Perambalur in Tamil Nadu, has not seen any change in the price that he has been getting for cotton in the last 10 years. “But I am making more money now than ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
Soya futures decline on profit booking
Mumbai, Jan. 28 Soybean futures on NCDEX fell 2.07 per cent to Rs 2,034 per quintal on profit booking coupled with weak international markets.Maize prices fell 1.47 per cent to Rs 769 per quintal on lack of demand in the spot markets ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Pepper futures continue to decline
Kochi, Jan. 28 Pepper futures market on Monday declined on bearish activities and reported arrival of imported material from Indonesia contracted earlier under advance licence. Investors were selling futures and buying exchange ... More

Chilli may be range-bound in short to medium term
Mumbai, Jan 28 Chilli for March delivery on NCDEX is expected to trade range-bound in the short to medium term under a weak undertone. Stockists are now clearing inventories before new arrival begins early next month.Chilli ... More

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