AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
PESTS
Rust scare raises concern about soyabean prospects
SOYABEAN production in the US has been upped by another 1.2 million tonnes (mt) and projected at a new high of 85.7 mt for 2004-05, an increase of a massive 18.9 mt from last year's 66.8 mt as per the latest assessment of the US Department of ...
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AQUACULTURE
Four new species of fish spotted in Kerala rivers
FOUR new fish species have been spotted by the fisheries researchers of the School of Industrial Fisheries (SIF) at the Cochin University of Science and Technology in Kerala waters. The four varieties spotted by the SIF included a Mahaseer ...
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POWER
Transco urges ryots to use quality equipment
THE Transmission Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Ltd (APTransco) has appealed to farmers to shun local-make motors and capacitors and use the ISI-tagged electrical equipment to improve efficiency. Interacting with chairmen and managing directors ...
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RUBBER
Spot rubber market closed
KOTTAYAM: The spot rubber market remained closed on Monday on account of a state-wide hartal. The NMCE rubber futures was almost steady except for its November delivery which ruled weak at Rs 53.10 (Rs 53.65) a kg on Monday. The ...
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SUGAR
Ethanol-petrol blending plan grinds to halt
THE ethanol-petrol blending programme has run aground with no meeting point on the prices for ethanol to be offered by oil companies to sugar mills. "For the time being, the programme has been stalled due to the rigid attitude adopted by oil ...
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Sugar industry happy with new SMP, computing norm
THE sugar industry is happy with the statutory minimum price (SMP) for sugarcane fixed by the Centre and the new norm — using season's average sugar recovery rather than peak period recovery — for computing the prices for each mill. ...
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DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS
NavaA Milk to be launched in Madurai
AAMAZZING Agro Products Private Ltd (AAPPL) will launch its `NavaA Milk' in the city from November 18, signifying the promotion of a single brand throughout the State by the private dairy segment. Speaking to presspersons here on Monday, the ...
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CASHEW
Cashew industry opposes KCDC, Rubber Board merger
THE Mangalore Cashew Manufacturers' Association (MCMA) has said that the cashew industry does not favour the recommendations to merge Karnataka Cashew Development Corporation (KCDC) with the Rubber Board. A press release by the MCMA President, ...
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EVENTS
Meet on vanilla, organic products
MANGALORE: The Varanashi Research Foundation at Adyanadka in Dakshina Kannada district will host a meet on `Export of vanilla and other organic agro-products.' A press release by the foundation said here on Monday that Mr Hans Michel ...
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