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CULTIVATION: Decision on rabi crops support price deferred
Acreage under most crops increases; glut situation likely. New Delhi, Jan. 2 The Centre has yet again deferred a decision on fixing the minimum support prices (MSP) for crops planted in the ongoing rabi ...

TOBACCO: AP, Karnataka tobacco farmers told to regulate production
Guntur, Jan. 2 Tobacco farmers in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka should stick to the crop size fixed by the board and not grow surplus, even though they have been getting record prices for the past two seasons, according to Mr J. Suresh ...

SPICES & CONDIMENTS: Pepper futures hit upper circuit
Kochi, Jan. 2 Pepper futures market shot up again on Friday and hit the upper circuit levels on anticipation that the second package announced by the Central government would benefit the trade. Besides, the arrivals continued to remain very ...

CLIMATE & WEATHER: Cold wave over northwest as fog cover hangs
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan. 2 Fog conditions prevailed over parts of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar even as India Meteorological Department expected the intensity and duration to reduce during the next three ...

RUBBER: Spot rubber rules unchanged
Kottayam, Jan. 2 The rubber prices finished unchanged on Friday. The market activities were almost neutral in the absence of global guidance as TOCOM remained closed on a designated holiday. Marginal declines in domestic futures failed to ...

COMMODITY MARKETS: Geojit Financial exits commodity business
Kochi, Jan. 2 Geojit Financial Services Ltd has exited from its commodity business and has discontinued trading in all commodity exchanges in the ...

TEA: Tea prices firm at Coimbatore auctions
Coimbatore, Jan. 2 The first sale of tea for 2009 took off to a good start at the Tea Trade Association Coimbatore on Friday with the UPASI SRD (Super Red Dust) touching a record rate of ...

TEA: Coonoor tea auction volume declines
Coonoor, Jan. 2 A volume of 3.51 lakh kg (lkg) of dust has been catalogued for the first auction for 2009 to be conducted by Coonoor Tea Trade Association (CTTA) on Saturday. This is some 70,000 kg lower than the dust offered at the last ...

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES: Grape processing board to be set up in Pune
New Delhi, Jan 2 The Cabinet has given its nod for establishment of the Indian Grape Processing Board (IGPB) at Pune, to foster sustainable development of the wine ...


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