AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
COMMODITY EXCHANGES
Commodity exchanges bracing for Budget
Commodity exchanges are hopeful that the Union Budget will not have any measures that will affect them adversely. However, they are bracing themselves for any Central move that could tell on their functioning. "We don't think that the Centre ...
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ANIMALS & LIVESTOCK
Premium offer for Ongole cattle
RARE BREED
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STORAGE
TN ready to offer loans for packinghouses
District panels set up to help in post-harvest infrastructure
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AQUACULTURE
Prawn farmers' body to introduce exotic species
To promote and voice the concerns of prawn farmers, an organisation called the Prawn Farmers Federation of India (PFFI) has been formed. It would strive to bring into its fold over a lakh small farmers, their families and several lakh direct and ...
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Raring to go
THE SETTING SUN provides a magnificent backdrop for a lone fisherman launching his catamaran from Mulloor near the site of the proposed international deepwater container terminal at Vizhinjam. ...
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HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
For better returns
ADDING VALUE: A farmer drying grapes on his farm at Gangapur in Nashik, 180 km from Mumbai. The grapes are dried for 12 days and then sold as currants for Rs 80-90 a kg in the market. On the other hand, fresh grapes fetch very lower prices. ...
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RUBBER
Sheet rubber declines as buyers resist
A steady trend was witnessed in spot rubber prices on Monday. But sheet rubber declined to Rs 96 a kg from Rs 96.50 at Kottayam and Kochi on buyer resistance. The rest were unchanged, while the market activities were narrow. There was no selling ...
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TEA
46 tea brands fetch more than auction average
Totally, 46 brands of the CTC teas from the private small-scale tea factories called bought-leaf factories in the Nilgiris fetched at least Rs 5 a kg more than the auction average at the auctions of the Coonoor Tea Trade Association (CTTA) in ...
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CTC tea firm at Coimbatore auctions
Tea offerings dipped marginally from the previous week 5.21 lakh kgs to 5.15 lakh kgs last week. The quantity of leaf on offer increased to 2.39 lakh kgs (2.21 lakh kgs), but the dust volumes slipped to 2.76 lakh kgs (from 3 lakh kgs). There was ...
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JUTE
Site sought for jute park in Vizag dist
The park can house 10 large-scale JDP units, 20 medium units and 60 small and tiny ones. It will require roughly 150 acres of land.
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COCONUT & COPRA
Cracking the tender nut
A new and simple cold preservation technology just announced by the FAO could revolutionize the commercialization of coconut water by Kerala's small farmers and companies.
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COFFEE
Bullish prospects
LOW CARRYOVER STOCKS: A buyer checking coffee quality at one of the stalls in the India International Coffee Festival that concluded on Sunday in Bangalore. The coffee industry is bullish about its prospects and hopes are that prices would rule ...
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POULTRY
Suguna Poultry to invest Rs 600 cr in expansion
Plans to replicate contract farming model
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SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Downtrend continues in pepper futures
Downward trend continued on Monday in the pepper futures market due to the uncertainty over delivery of the goods by the sellers. According to market observers, space would be available only from March 5 and the time available between this ...
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Jeera futures turn volatile on rumours
Jeera futures on NCDEX were volatile on unconfirmed news that the commodity markets regulator Forward Markets Commission (FMC) is planning to delist wheat and jeera futures from the market. Opening on a bearish note at Rs 11,004 per quintal, ...
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