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CULTIVATION


Harvest time
Farmers busy harvesting paddy in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Monday. Imbalance in rainfall has affected the kharif paddy crop in a number of districts in the State. While some of the districts had untimely heavy rain, a few ... More

PESTICIDES


Agrochem sector pins hopes on rabi season
DOMESTIC crop protection industry has had a drop in sales during the kharif season as continuous spells of rains kept pests away from the crop, industry representatives said. Sales offtake during the kharif season may have fallen by 12-15 per ... More

RUBBER


Mixed trend in rubber prices
RSS 4 shed Saturday's gains on moderate selling at higher levels but ISNR 20 firmed up by 25 paise amidst low supply. According to sources, the market still continued to be under the grip of unhealthy speculation. Major consuming sectors stayed ... More

SUGAR


Balrampur Chini to buy Dhampur Sugar unit for Rs 182 cr
BALRAMPUR Chini Mills Ltd will be acquiring a unit of Dhampur Sugar Mills Ltd located at Rauzagaon in Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh for Rs 182 crore. According to announcements made by the two companies, the capacity of the unit is 7,500 ... More

WATER


Karnataka planters' body opposes Upper Bhadra project
An estimated 30,000 plantation and agri-jobs will be lost as some of the prime coffee growing areas in the Bhadra belt would be totally lost More

COTTON


ELS cotton prices flare up on short supply
EVEN as the arrivals of new cotton crop are picking up, the short supply of extra long staple (ELS) cotton appears pronounced this year as feared by the textile industry. The shortage is marked by the flare up in its price this month, said the ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL


Oilmeal exports rise on demand from S-E Asia
A RECOVERY in exports of soyameal, rapemeal, castormeal and groundnut meal since June has helped improve oilmeal shipments from the country. According to the Solvent Extractors Association of India (SEA), oilmeal exports from the country during ... More

COFFEE


Arabica output likely to drop 25 pc on white stem borer menace
THE white stem borer menace could have eaten up close to 25 per cent of the country's arabica coffee crop this year, according to the United Planters Association of India (Upasi). A severe drought in the last two seasons has resulted in rapid ... More

Coffee prices seen firm in short term
Global output is slated to touch 113 million bags this year from 119.7 million bags last year. More

POULTRY


Japan to accept EIC certified poultry products
EXPORT Inspection Council of India (EIC) certified poultry products from India would now be acceptable to Japan. This is the first time that a developed country has formally recognised EIC India's certification for poultry products, said an ... More

Hatching profits
A worker stacking trays of eggs at a godown in Kerala's Kochi city. The domestic poultry sector has taken advantage of the fear of the avian flu to increase export of table eggs. Exports till September registered a 25 per cent rise with average ... More




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