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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
SUGAR:
Global white sugar breaches $500 a tonne
Govt may have to reconcile to retail price of Rs 35 a kg. New Delhi, Aug. 3 With global white sugar prices breaching the $500-a-tonne level and raws too trading at a three-and-a-half year high, the Union Government’s room for manoeuvre ...
CULTIVATION:
Area under foodgrains shows declining trend
Bangalore, Aug 3 The crisis in agriculture is reflected not just in stagnating food output, but also in the decline in gross cultivated area and yields per hectare of ...
SPICES & CONDIMENTS:
Cardamom prices ease
Arrivals up as growers try to cash in on higher rates. Kochi, Aug. 3 The new cardamom season has begun with good arrivals compared with that of the opening days of the previous season. Consequently, prices ...
CASHEW:
Kerala launches cashew cultivation programme
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug. 3 Kerala has embarked on a major drive to expand the area under cashew cultivation with the assistance of the National Horticultural ...
CLIMATE & WEATHER:
Mercury up as weak monsoon extends to more areas
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug. 3 The weak monsoon phase became entrenched in more parts of the country with Gangetic West Bengal alone reporting meaningful rain coverage during the 24 hours ending Monday ...
RUBBER:
Spot rubber prices improve
Kottayam, Aug. 3 The physical rubber prices improved on Monday. The market seemed to be reacting lately to the gains in domestic rubber futures during the previous weekend session on ...
SPICES & CONDIMENTS:
Pepper futures shoot up
Kochi, Aug. 3 The pepper futures market shot up on Monday on bullish operations. Investors were buying spot and ...
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G Chandrashekhar
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Sharad Joshi
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