Agriculture
Chick supply cut during Jan 6-12
THERE will be no sale of day-old chicks to poultry farmers in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala from January 6-12 as the breeders of the four States have observed a ``chick production holiday'' for a week from December 16-22.

Plantations
Plantation labour talks deadlocked
THE last-hour negotiation between the plantation management and workers' unions to strike the deal on the proposed wage-cut of 20 per cent (across-the-board) from January 1, 2002 was deadlocked today.

Rubber
Sheet rubber slips further
KOTTAYAM: Sheet rubber RSS4 suffered further losses as the tyre sector virtually kept off the market and the large arrivals remained undisposed. At the same time there was moderate trading in ungraded rubber and the latex concentrate, the supply of which was sufficient to meet the demand and the market managed to stay flat.

Sugar
Sugar-dry fruit barter with Afghanistan
NEW DELHI: The country is considering exporting up to three lakh tonnes sugar to Afghanistan in exchange of dry fruits, and trade enquiries are going on for the purpose.

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