The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, January 25, 2003

Rubber rises to Rs 44.50/kg
RUBBER prices scaled further heights beyond Rs 44 to touch Rs 44.50 per kg on Friday amidst reports of very weak arrivals in the market. Buying strengthened gradually with more customers rallying round the traders. Covering groups became ... More

TEA

Kolkata tea auction to resume from Jan 28 — Efforts on to amend marketing control order
THE tea trade is likely to return to normality after a three-week impasse over the Tea (Marketing) Control Order 2003 (TMCO). Two major decisions were taken on Friday. First, Calcutta Tea Traders Association (CTTA) has decided to resume ... More

Coimbatore tea sale normal
COIMBATORE: Only three buyers - Indcoserve, HLL and AVT - who participated in last week's auction, took part in the tea auction held here on Friday. According to traders, there was no disruption or delay as in the earlier week ... More

WATER

3 districts in AP to adopt low-cost methods for water use
INCREASED benefits to farmers of rain-fed areas through moisture conservation in soil, top soil preservation, assured water supply and higher productivity and production are now a reality in Chittoor, Mahabubnagar and Medak districts following ... More

FOODS & FOOD PROCESSING

Nirmal Agro in pact with US co
NIRMAL Agro Industries (India) Ltd, which is in the process of setting up a joint venture pineapple processing plant in the city, has signed a seven-year agreement with its US collaborator, the Ashco group of companies, to market its products in ... More

DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS

Food supplement to help raise milk yield in cattle
A NEW product in the market — an improved version of rumen bypass fat — a purely vegetable based preparation from processed palm oil is proving to be highly successful with dairies in Andhra Pradesh where the product was tried out ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL

Transgenic rapeseed oil may stifle coconut oil
TRANSGENIC rapeseed oil is expected to become a serious competitor for coconut oil in the global market as it is grown in countries of temperate climates and will produce oil of constant long quality and availability. This rapeseed produces oil ... More

Edible oil imports seen rising to Rs 12,000 cr
THE import bill for oilseeds and edible oils is expected to cost the exchequer a whopping Rs 12,000 crore during the current financial year. At present, the country imports around 40 lakh tonnes of edible oils into the country. While the ... More

TOBACCO

Tobacco industry says `no' to GM crop
THE tobacco industry is not ready to accept genetically modified tobacco and introduction of GM crop would only harm the interests of farmers and the industry, Mr H.D Papenfus, Chief Agronomist of Standard Commercial Tobacco Services Ltd, the UK, ... More

First phase sale of AP crop begins
TOBACCO auctions commenced on Friday in Andhra Pradesh and in the first phase the sale of the crop began on D.C Palli and Kaligiri floors in Nellore district. Mr Ch. Narendranath, President of the Indian Tobacco Association, the trade body, ... More

NATURAL CALAMITIES

Drought hits crop area, farm productivity
DUE to drought conditions in the State, the area under crop and productivity have suffered considerably leaving a shortfall of 7.40 lakh hectares in rice alone, Mr V. Sobhanadreeswara Rao, Minister for Agriculture, told mediapersons here on ... More

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