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`Step up farm R&D efforts'
WITH the World Trade Organisation (WTO) turning out to be "a managed trading system rather than a market-based system", it would be imperative to guard against fluctuation in prices and assure producers security in terms of income. "We have to be ... More

RICE


Bengal paddy farmers get short shrift while millers benefit: CAG
THE latest report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on West Bengal, tabled in the State Legislature recently, has found that the State Food and the Civil Supplies Department had failed to ensure payment of minimum support price (MSP) ... More

AQUACULTURE


Chloramphenicol testing in seafood — FDA to post protocol on Internet soon
THE US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) is all set to announce a chloramphenicol testing protocol, which will be posted on the agency's Website so as to allow interested parties to follow the new procedure in their own ... More

RUBBER


Bearish trend seen in rubber market
THE rubber market passed through another inactive week. The market opened steady on Monday. The truckers' strike from July 14 midnight put further pressure on the narrow arrivals and the market offtake. On Wednesday, the rates improved a bit ... More

SUGAR


High cane prices seen forcing sugar units to close shop: Report
HIGH sugarcane prices that are out of line with market realities, could force several sugar factories to shut down, Rabo India has said in a recent report on the sector. According to it, the statutory minimum price (SMP) for cane is Rs 695 per ... More

TEA


Teaserve set to go online in six weeks
THE electronic auction centre for tea — Teaserve — promoted by the Tamil Nadu Government is expected to become operational within the next six weeks, Mr T. Udaychandran, Managing Director, Indcoserve said. In an informal chat with ... More

PRECIOUS METALS


Gold under strain on economic recovery hopes
GOLD managed to hold reasonably well against pressure from a stronger US dollar through the week. Financial markets generally tried to sustain greater optimism about the economic outlook following an anticipated improvement in growth later this ... More

COTTON


Cotton prices may head north
NYCE cotton futures ended firmer on Friday on speculative buying on forecast of higher prices by the influential US cotton merchant, Mr William Dunavant Jr, Chief Executive of Dunavant Enterprises. Dunavant forecast a bullish scenario for the ... More

Trickling hopes
A cotton farmer of Kolukulapally village in Mehboobnagar District, Andhra Pradesh, tills his field at the onset of the monsoon. Cotton farmers in the State have been facing lot of troubles in the last few years and have pegged their hopes on the ... More


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