The Hindu Business Line : Monday, March 26, 2007

EMPLOYMENT
`New job market opening up for agri graduates'
With commodities market poised to grow and investment towards agriculture sector bound to expand, agriculture students will have good career prospects. Career opportunity would be plenty but one has to be clear about his/her career goal, ... More

WHEAT
Wheat harvest may touch 72 mt: Pawar
Dispelling doubts, the Union Agriculture and Food and Civil Supplies Minister, Mr Sharad Pawar, has said the country is set to harvest about 72 million tonnes of wheat this year compared to 68 mt last year. "This year, 2007, may be particularly ... More

INSIGHT
Holland in full bloom, always
Today, some two-thirds of the world's flowers are either tended or traded in the Netherlands, yielding a turnover of around € 5 billion every year. More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
COMEX gold may test support, rise
Gold futures ended lower on Friday, as a rise in the dollar prompted profit taking ahead of a weekend. However, firmer oil prices and geo political tensions are expected to underpin prices and limit the fall. Oil rose above $62 per barrel to a ... More

Palm oil may test resistance
Malaysian crude palm oil futures ended sharply higher boosted by a very strong showing in the CBOT soya oil futures. Surging Indian food demand, possible lower output, unpredictable weather conditions and Europe's appetite for bio-fuels is ... More

FOODGRAINS
`Cereals suffer annual losses of $5 b from warming climate'
Temperature rise caused by human activities More

CASHEW
`Follow experts' package of practices for better cashew yield'
Cashew growers have been urged to follow the package of practices proposed by the experts to get better yields from their plantations. Inaugurating a `cashew field day', organised by the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) at the Cashew ... More

POULTRY
Clicks and chicks
This player in the poultry sector is relying on technology to grow healthy birds and business. More

High maize cost worries poultry farmers
Nearly half of 10-14 mt produced annually is used as feed More

NECC happy with more eggs in noon meal scheme
Higher egg absorption means poultry farmers can see some stability in the farm-gate price for eggs, hovering at Rs 1.80-1.85 per piece for over a month More

GENERAL INSURANCE
Agriculture Insurance Corpn prices coffee crop premium
The Rainfall Insurance Scheme for Coffee is the first of its kind More

AGRICULTURAL POLICY
Centre clears 20-lakh tonne sugar buffer, export sops
Bailout package aims to tide over sugar glut, arrears More

COMMODITY MARKETS
Impact of non-fundamental factors may continue in gold
Dollar, oil prices likely to hold key More

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