AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
COMMODITY EXCHANGES
Guarseed futures turn volatile
Notwithstanding arrival of early crop in Rajasthan and Haryana, guar, a narrow commodity, is experiencing substantial volatility in prices in the last week. The bulk of guar crop is expected to hit the market next month. Expectations of high ...
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RICE
PM calls for maximising rice output per unit of water
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, on Monday urged rice scientists to focus their efforts on evolving technologies for maximising output per unit of water and not just raising per hectare yields. "Rice grown under irrigated conditions is ...
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PLANTATIONS
Shefexcil plans to promote guar gum exports
Plan to bring larger areas of land under cultivation
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RUBBER
Mixed trend in rubber
Physical rubber prices witnessed a mixed trend on Monday. RSS 4 closed firm at Rs 85 (Rs 84 ) a kg both at Kottayam and Kochi as major manufacturers continued to buy the grade at the prevailing rates. The session remained rather inactive as ...
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TEA
Low demand at Coimbatore tea sales
The total offerings swelled to 5.45 lakh kg of tea last week compared with 5.06 lakh kg the previous week at the Coimbatore auctions. Dust comprised 3.15 lakh kg of the total volumes on offer and the rest leaf grades. There was fair demand for ...
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GOLD & SILVER
Glitter in gold may be short-lived
Undertone bearish, prices seen up on short-term
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OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
Oilmeals export up 26 pc in H1
Exports of oilmeals for September 2006 doubled from the same period last year. Soyabean exports of 1.79 lakh tonnes accounted for a large part of the total exports. The availability of rapeseed from NAFED throughout the year boosted its ...
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SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Vanilla prices decline on excess supply
No active buying as industry has adequate inventories
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