The Hindu Business Line : Monday, June 28, 2004

FARM CREDIT
Nabard assures support — RRBs agree to hike farm credit
RRBs were advised to treat agricultural financing as a visible proportion and increase coverage under term loans. More

Farm credit package sparks optimism among tractor makers
THE farm credit package announced by the Finance Minister last week has given tractor manufacturers reason to cheer. According to tractor makers, availability of credit at the grassroot level is likely to provide a fillip to sales of tractors. ... More

AQUACULTURE
Peeling the pinch
A scene from a prawn processing unit in a Kochi suburb. The State has the largest number of prawn processing units in the country. Of 325 such units across the country, 91 are in ... More

TEA
Mixed trend in Kochi tea sale
THERE was good general demand for dust tea at the Kochi tea auction last week. CTC popular varieties were selling at the previous week levels. The price of medium and below medium varieties eased by Rs 1-2 and sometimes plunged even lower. ... More

Kolkata firm to replicate organic tea farming model
K. MANIBHAI & Co, which has successfully implemented the rotational farming technology and produced pure organic tea at the Jalinga Tea Estate in Assam, has firmed up plans to replicate the experiment in Belseri Tea Estate, its second tea garden More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Upward correction in cotton
NYCE cotton futures ended higher on Friday, mainly on speculative and option-related buying as the market's focus lies in the release of the important report next week on the cotton plantings report as it will determine estimates for 2004-05 crop ... More

TRENDS
Hi-tech ploughing!
A farmer is seen silhouetted against the evening sunlight carrying latest equipment made to plough ragi crop at outskirts of Bangalore on Sunday. Farmers are hoping for a good yield this year following satisfactory rainfall during the last few ... More

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