The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, March 05, 2009

AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES

CULTIVATION: No slowdown blues for Australian farmers
Rebound in crop production, exports seen. The current times are not the most propitious for businesses, including those in the farm commodities ...

DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS: Non-tariff barrier on Australian dairy items goes
Govt withdraws ban on artificial oestrogens in cows. Canberra, March 4 Australian cheese brands such as ‘Bega’ and ‘King Island’ may soon be seen on Indian shelves, with the Union Government doing away with a requirement ...

TEA: Handmade teas fetch Rs 1,000/kg
Chamraj Estate sells 5 chests for exports to US. Handmade teas, produced by Chamraj Estate in the Nilgiris, fetched a record price of Rs 1000 a kg at the Kochi tea auction ...

CLIMATE & WEATHER: Models say heating may relent, but only just
Thiruvananthapuram, March 4 More parts of west and central India aligned along a northwest-southeast axis from west Rajasthan, north Gujarat, madhya Maharashtra, Vidarbha to Telengana slipped under heat wave conditions on ...

AQUACULTURE: CMFRI cage culture in Vizag again
Visakhapatnam, March 4 The local branch of the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has taken up open sea cage culture again this year, encouraged by the results ...

RUBBER: Spot rubber prices improve
Kottayam, March 4 The physical rubber prices turned better on Wednesday. The market improved on covering purchases following the gains in domestic and international rubber futures. Sheet rubber improved to Rs 71 from Rs 70 a kg on ...

TEA: Higher prices for Lankan teas in 2008
Coonoor, March 4 Sri Lankan teas fetched the highest auction-price among teas from different origins in 2008, reveals an analysis of the Market Reports from the world’s auction centres and the data available with the ...

TEA: Coonoor tea auction volume at 1-year low
Coonoor, March 4 An analysis of the catalogues of brokers indicates that the volume offered for sale 10 of the auctions of Coonoor Tea Trade Association to be held on Thursday and Friday is the least of the last ...

AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS: Nabard programme on agri marketing
Madurai, March 4 A one-day sensitisation programme on ‘Scheme for development and strengthening of agricultural marketing infrastructure, grading and standardisation’, organised by National Bank Agriculture and Rural ...