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Tuesday, September 09, 2008
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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES: SC asks UP mills to pay cane dues at Rs 110 a quintal New Delhi, Sept. 8 The Supreme Court has directed sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh — private, co-operative and State-owned — to pay up all outstanding cane arrears to growers for the 2007-08 crushing season (October-September) at the ... CLIMATE & WEATHER: Strong ‘low’, enhanced rains seen in AP, Orissa Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 8 Sunday’s ‘low’ over northwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal has weakened into an upper air cyclonic circulation but is seen triggering isolated heavy to very heavy falls over Andhra ... RUBBER: Rubber prices seen in ‘comfort zone’ ‘Coffee rates likely to dip but fall unlikely to be sharp’. Rubber prices are expected to be in the “comfortable zone” despite projections of moderation in the global economy, while coffee prices are likely to undergo ... SUGAR: SC order boosts sugar stocks Production in 2008-09 is estimated to fall by 20%. Mumbai, Sept. 8 Sugar company stocks hogged the limelight on the bourses on the back of the Supreme Court interim order directing Uttar Pradesh sugar companies to pay Rs 110 a quintal against ... RUBBER: Rubber output seen at 8.75 lt The country’s rubber production this fiscal is expected to be 8.75 lakh tonnes against 8.11 lakh tonnes last fiscal, the Rubber Board Chairman, Mr Sajen Peter, said on Monday. Against this, consumption this year was expected to increased to ... BIO-TECH & GENETICS: Symposium on automation in food microbiology Mumbai, Sept. 8 For the first time in India, a workshop and symposium on rapid methods and automation in microbiology has been organised. ... TEA: Tea Board embarks on an energy conservation project UNDP, Board invest $1 m each to cut carbon emission. Coonoor, Sept 8 The Tea Board has embarked on a four-year project to help plantations conserve energy and cut energy consumption costs by at least 20 per cent. ... RUBBER: Spot rubber prices improve Kottayam, Sept. 8 Spot rubber prices improved on Monday. Continuous rains since the past few days have put a halt to tapping in almost all plantations. There were no quantity sellers in the main marketing centres even at higher levels. RSS ... SPICES & CONDIMENTS: Bear operators pull down pepper futures Kochi, Sept. 8 The pepper futures market fell sharply on Monday on reports that other origins have eased considerably. Besides, there has been a propaganda that Vietnam is holding a stock of 35,000 tonnes of black pepper. In fact, it is the ... OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL: Vegetable oils to slide further Mumbai, Sept. 8 The global vegetable oil market has clearly been bearish in recent weeks, with hardly anyone believing there will be a rally anytime soon. All bullish factors have evaporated, at least for the near ... COTTON: Steep hike in cotton MSP turns contentious ‘Weak rupee over coming months will make exports competitive’. Mumbai, Sept. 8 A sharp upward revision in the minimum support price for cotton in the 2008-09 season has raised the hackles of domestic traders, exporters and textile ... TEA: Replanting: Poor response from South South India is lagging behind in seeking funds from the Tea Board for replantation/rejuvenations. According to Mr Basudev Banerjee, the board’s Chairman, so far 752 applications have been received to replant/rejuvenate 11,477 hectares. ... SPICES & CONDIMENTS: But rising exports TEA: Organic tea project on Sept. 19 An organic project for tea will be launched by the Tea Board with funding from the Common Fund for Commodities on September 19. The Tea Board Chairman, Mr Basudev Banerjee, told the ‘Commodities Outlook’ session at the Upasi annual ...
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