AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
ANIMALS & LIVESTOCK
India, EU spat over buffalo meat exports
INDIA and the European Union (EU) seem to be headed for another confrontation on the trade front, going by the detention of 45 containers of buffalo meat by the authorities of EU and Germany at Hamburg port a week ago. "They are consignments ...
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SEEDS
AP Seed Bill to nail spurious traders
THE State Government will soon come up with a Seed Bill holding out stringent punishments to unscrupulous traders who sell spurious seeds. The Bill will be taken up by the Cabinet on October 30, according to Mr N. Raghuveera Reddy, Minister for ...
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RUBBER
Rubber moves up on thin arrivals
PHYSICAL rubber prices gained on Monday. Covering groups and purchase agents were active while arrivals to the main marketing centres and village markets were poor. According to sources, growers were not interested to sell since the weather ...
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SUGAR
Sugar free sale quota for November up
THE Government on Monday announced an indigenous free sale quota (FSQ) of 13 lakh tonnes (lt) of sugar for mills during November. This forms part of the overall FSQ quota of 40 lt released for the October-December quarter. With a levy quota of ...
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TEA
Tea Board bets big on youth for generic campaign
THE theme of the campaign says it all - Rediscover tea. Rediscover the health beverage in all its myriad avatars - iced tea, lemon tea, tea punches, exotic mocktails, etc. The idea behind the initiative is to facilitate generic promotion ...
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AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
Nabard funds for lift irrigation in AP
POULTRY
Demand, output cut help push up egg prices
TABLE egg prices, especially in Tamil Nadu, have scaled new high this week. The farm-gate price has hit the Rs 1.50-mark (per egg),, the highest this year in Tamil Nadu. Sources in the Namakkal-based National Egg Coordination Committee's ...
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SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Spices Board to take part in 7 fairs
COONOOR: The Spices Board has announced its decision to participate in seven international fairs in the first three months of 2005. It will participate in the International Fancy Food and Confection Show in San Francisco, US, during ...
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