The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, July 14, 2009

AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES

CULTIVATION: Pulses zoom on sowing data
Tur dal quoted at Rs 85 a kg in Chennai. Chennai, July 13 For all those who relish the South Indian sambar and paruppu sadam or paruppu annam, troubled times are ahead. Prices of tur or arhar dal, a main ingredient of ...

CLIMATE & WEATHER: Game-changer `low' in Bay tipped to become depression
North-west Bay of Bengal has thrown up what may be considered a `game-changer' low-pressure area, a day ahead of projections made by India Meteorological Department ...

COMMODITIES: Huge palm oil stocks bring trade in South to a halt
Lacklustre demand amidst surging imports keeps buyers off. Palm oil trade, particularly in the South, has come to a standstill with no takers for ...

COTTON: Cotton output forecast unchanged
The South India Cotton Association has maintained cotton production in the new season at last week's estimation of 309 lakh bales (of 170 kg) despite reports of deficient monsoon in Haryana and Rajasthan, following forecast of ...

TEA: Set to rise further
Domestic demand: Sugar for sale at a retail outlet in Kochi. Sugar prices are expected to rise to ...

TEA: Tea prices decrease at Kochi auctions
Kochi, July 13 Though there was a perceptible decline in tea arrivals at the dust and leaf auctions in Kochi, the fall was more pronounced at the leaf auction. While the monsoon was expected to shore up arrivals during June-July, trade ...

FOODGRAINS: Empowered Group of Ministers on Food Security constituted
New Delhi, July 13 The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has approved the constitution of an Empowered Group of Ministers to consider issues concerning procurement , management of foodgrains’ stocks, revision of Central Issue Price ...

CULTIVATION: Ploughing ahead
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RUBBER: Spot rubber drops on buyer resistance
Kottayam, July 13 Physical rubber prices declined on Monday. The prices fell mainly on buyer resistance though there was only marginal selling from dealers and growers. The domestic futures ended in green during the session but the spot ...

SPICES & CONDIMENTS: Pepper futures shoot up on bull operations
Operators seem to have become bulls and pushed up the market. There was “simply buying and selling”and consequently the total turn over surged by over 400 per cent, market sources told ...

TEA: Strike halts work in Darjeeling tea gardens
Normal work in Darjeeling tea gardens came to halt on Monday as a sequel to the bandh following the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha led by Mr Bimal ...

PESTICIDES: Israeli firm begins operations
Tel Aviv (Israel)- headquartered farm technology major Makhteshim-Agan, which has expertise in crop protection products, on Monday formally launched its activities in Hyderabad, marking its formal entry into the ...

Columnists: • G Chandrashekhar • Sharad Joshi

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Markets (July 13)

Nifty (at close)	3,974.05 (-29.85)
US Dollar (Buy/Sell)	48.08/09
Brent crude (a bbl) Rs	2,892
Gold (a gram) Rs	1,358
Silver (a kg) Rs	22,080

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