The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, January 13, 2009

AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES

SUGAR: Food Ministry plans easing raw sugar imports
‘Tonne-to-tonne’ facility may be allowed till Sept 30. New Delhi, Jan. 12 The Centre is all set to relax duty-free imports of raw sugar against advance licences (AL) by allowing it on a ‘tonne-to-tonne’ basis till ...

POULTRY: TN poultry sector breathes easy
Truckers’ strike had put big question mark over feed availability. Chennai, Jan. 12 The Tamil Nadu poultry industry can now heave a sigh of relief with the truckers’ strike being called ...

SPICES & CONDIMENTS: Cardamom rules firm on buying support
Export buying negligible. Kochi, Jan. 12 Cardamom prices continued to remain at moderately higher levels at the auctions held in Kerala and Tamil Nadu last week on good buying support despite increased ...

SPICES & CONDIMENTS: Pepper futures rule firm
Kochi, Jan. 12 Pepper futures market on Monday ruled steady to firm. Prices of all the contracts moved up on tight ...

CULTIVATION: False rainbow
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DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS: Kerala Govt plans hi-tech dairy farm
The Kerala Government is establishing a high-tech dairy farm at Kulathupuzha in Pathanamthitta district as part of efforts to attain self-sufficiency in ...

RUBBER: Spot rubber rules steady
Kottayam, Jan. 12 Spot rubber continued to rule unchanged on Monday. The market opened better quoting sheet rubber at Rs 73 a kg on early trades but declines in the domestic rubber futures kept the grade under pressure during the ...

CLIMATE & WEATHER: Cold, dry plains in north look west for rains
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan. 12 A western disturbance with an induced secondary cyclonic circulation is forecast to impact the western Himalayan region for four days from ...

RUBBER: Rubber Expo in Kolkata
All India Rubber Industries Association and Confederation of Indian Industry are jointly organising India Rubber Expo 2009 in Kolkata during January 28-31. This will be an international trade show on rubber products, machinery, raw ...

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