AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
SUGAR
Sugar prices may go up on fears of short supply
SUGAR prices may increase further this week on fears of artificial shortage created by some speculators, said trade sources. Spot prices in Mumbai shot up by Rs 160-170 per quintal in both grade — Small-30 and Medium-30 — last week ...
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TEA
Fair demand at Kochi tea sale
A FAIR general demand persisted for almost all varieties of tea at the Kochi tea auction. Of the quantity of 765,000 kg on offer in the dust category, high-priced CTC's tended to ease. Medium and bottom teas were barely steady to tending easier. ...
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TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Cotton futures may head lower
NYCE cotton futures closed firmer on Friday due to speculative buying although the market's focus will now be on the expiration of option contracts for the active March month. Market participants will be waiting for a set of USDA reports next ...
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WATER
TN farmers' protest over water
MADURAI: With the Public Works Department stopping release of water for irrigation, grown-up standing crops in about 35,000 acres in the district are under the threat of loss, farmers have complained, as they attempted to picket traffic, ...
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FOODGRAINS
Ministry `in no hurry' to put in force grain export scheme
EVEN as the country's wheat production is set to touch an all-time high this year, the Commerce Ministry is "not in a hurry" to operationalise its new foodgrain export policy before the ensuing rabi marketing season, beginning April. "We are ...
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New import norms hit pulses trade
A STIPULATION by the Union Government that all imported pulses should be fumigated at 28 degrees Celsius has brought the commodity's shipments in the country to a standstill. This stipulation has come into force from January 1 after the Centre ...
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OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
Buoyant trend in oilmeal exports
EXPORT of oilmeals (extractions of oilseeds) from the country reached the highest level of the season so far with shipments aggregating 6.46 lakh tonnes last month, taking the total during the first 10 months of the current fiscal to 22.58 lt, a ...
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POULTRY
Don't chicken out of consuming eggs...
THE fear of disease can sometimes be more damaging than the disease itself, or so it seems with the recent bird-flu. Consumers are in two minds on whether in fact, they could eat an egg a day - the compelling `Sunday ho ya Monday, roz ...
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Plea to shut down bird markets to contain avian flu
LOSING Asia's wild bird markets would reduce the spread of avian flu, according to a group of scientists and wildlife health experts from the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). The markets place tens of thousands of wild and ...
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SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Spices Board programme for jobless youth
SPICES Board has launched a residential training programme for unemployed youths as agriculture resource persons. The first batch was inaugurated here by Mr C.J. Jose, Chairman, Spices Board. The three-month training programme will be held ...
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AGRICULTURAL POLICY
`MSP not to be made mandatory'
THE new foodgrain export policy will not mandate exporters to pay the official Minimum Support Price (MSP) for either wheat or paddy, A Commerce Ministry official clarified. "The MSP is an intervention price to be paid by the Government. There ...
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FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
`Indian agri-business ripe for investment'
INDIA appears poised for an expansion of investment to modernise agri-business including input supply, distribution and marketing, and food processing, despite tardy pace of change in agricultural policy, trade and investment in the ...
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