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NDDB to import 6,000 tonne milk powder, says Govt
"Mother Dairy will find it more viable to import whole milk powder, which contains 26 per cent fat and yet is quoting just $50 per tonne higher at around $1,800 per tonne." More

RUBBER


Buyer resistance trips rubber
RUBBER rates declined on Thursday shedding Wednesday's gains. All the grades fell on buyer resistance along with all-round selling pressure. RSS 4 closed at Rs 48 against Rs 48.25 per kg as on Wednesday. The world market remained flat at Rs ... More

TEA


Tea consumption data stirs up a storm
CONFUSION over the assimilation and compilation of total domestic tea consumption figures continues as there is hardly any mechanism to monitor the tea drinking habits of Indians. In 1999, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC) ... More

Leaf tea makers seek tax sops
ARISING from the controversy of the sales tax collection move of the Tamil Nadu Government, the Nilgiris Bought Leaf Tea Manufacturers' Association has appealed to the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms J. Jayalalithaa, to exempt tea sold through the ... More

SILK


  • Nod for sericulture project

    COIR


    Coir Board lines up Rs 15-cr plans
    THE domestic coir sector would generate additional employment to one lakh people under the `Swarna Jayanthi Coir Vikas Yojana' in select 50 clusters over a period of 10 years covering Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, West ... More

    OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL


    IICT gets aid for rice bran oil processing technology
    With minor modifications, the technology process can be adapted in the existing refineries. More

    COFFEE


    Coffee prices edge up; crisis persists
    ALTHOUGH global coffee prices edged up in July after a depressing June, the crisis in the market is far from over and even a widely anticipated supply shortfall has not helped prices recover to any significant extent. World coffee prices ... More

    TOBACCO


    White burley tobacco output may touch 8 million kg
    WHITE burley tobacco plantation is going on currently in the agency areas (tribal tracts) of Visakhapatnam and East Godavari districts and it may be completed in a week or ten days. Till now, plantation has been completed in 18,000 acres and it ... More

    STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS


    Farmers urged fo follow GAP standards
    SPEAKERS at the seminar on EUREPGAP (European Retail Parties' Good Agricultural Practices) standards today called for the farming community and those involved in export of farm products to upgrade their standards so as to conform to the global ... More
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