Agriculture
Dry weather, key to cotton output
A DRY and sunny weather during the next two months holds key to good cotton production in the country during 2001-02 (October-September) crop year.

Cotton production -- Desi loses to videshi
A marked change in the fashion trend with chinos and cargoes replacing denims, has led to a shift in the pattern of cotton production.

`Grow more hybrids to stop virus spread'
EVEN as researchers contend that there is no serious concern over the damage caused by the cotton leaf curl virus (LCV) during the last season, they have appealed to the growers against raising varieties which are more susceptible to this virus.

Sharp dip in Q1 coir exports
EXPORTS of coir and coir products during the first quarter of the current fiscal have fallen sharply.

Plantations
Cashew prices heading south
MUMBAI: Cashew prices have been edging downwards in the last few weeks with prices moving down to $1.70-1.85 per pound as compared to $1.85-2.00 per pound in April-May.

Rubber
Rubber growers hit by monsoon fury
RUBBER growers in Kerala have incurred losses due to heavy rains and subsequent floods and land slides in the State.

Tea
Indcoserve topless
THE Tamil Nadu Government on Tuesday transferred the Managing Director of the Coonoor-based Indcoserve, Mr N. Muruganandam, to take over as the Collector of Coimbatore district.

Bengal move to regulate tea gardens' growth
IN a bid to check the aimless growth of tea gardens in North Bengal, the State Government has decided to peg June 30, 2001 as the cut-off date, after which such new gardens would be declared illegal.

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