AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
INSURANCE
Three crop insurance schemes under study: Chidambaram
THE Union Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, said that among the three types of crop insurance schemes in operation, the successful scheme among them would be implemented from the next financial year. Inaugurating a multimedia campaign on the ...
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TEA
Govt examining options to maintain e-auction terminals
EVEN as the Tea Board is happy to have introduced electronic auctions in all its southern sales centres, the industry players are worried about meeting the operational cost of the system. "We have 80 terminals here. The cost of annual ...
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TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Upward correction in cotton
NYCE cotton futures finished lower on Friday mostly dominated by switch trade from December to the now active month March. The markets mostly discounted a bearish USDA report. Market participants were busy rolling over positions before first ...
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FOODGRAINS
Record output of global grains seen
SIGNIFICANT increases in global output of major grains namely wheat, coarse cereals (mainly corn or maize) and rice have been projected for the year 2004-05. Higher production has been made possible by favourable weather conditions in principal ...
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COTTON
Cotton market under pressure on poor buying
THE cotton market continues to witness price pressures in the face of lack of buying by the textile mill consumers. Further price fall has been halted this week, thanks to the staggered arrivals of kappas cotton from the production centres to the ...
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COCONUT & COPRA
Kerala Govt nod for pesticide use
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State Government has given the go-ahead for a comprehensive programme envisaging spraying of coconut trees with organic pesticides against mite infestation as also the use of fertilisers. An official said here ...
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COFFEE
Coffee prices firm up further
THE worst may be over for the world coffee market if current global price trends are anything to go by. Despite a slight dip in October, reversing the hardening trend in the previous month, prices have again started to firm up in the first few ...
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SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Cardamom prices turn weak on low purchases
CARDAMOM prices, after a marginal increase last week, have again dropped at auctions in Kerala and Tamil Nadu for want of buying support. Diwali and Ramzan buying had not reached the expected levels this season albeit it had pushed the price ...
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