AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
RICE
Boro rice meet to focus on raising acreage in N-E
RICE scientists will work out a strategy to push up the acreage under `Boro' rice, especially in the northeastern states as well as to increase the productivity at a national conference to be held at Agartala, Tripura, on August 23-24. The ...
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TEA
35,000 plantation workers remain jobless in Kerala
THE plight of over 35,000 workers who are without jobs since the closure 17 estates in Idukki district continues, as there are no signs of the estates reopening in the near future. In some closed estates, workers are plucking green leaf for ...
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Tea prices firm at Coonoor auction
re-entering the market even as the corporate buyers like Hindustan Lever Ltd (HLL), Duncans and Tata Tea strengthened their purchase spree, the prices for the teas at the auctions conducted by the Coonoor Tea Trade Association (CTTA) here ...
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Kochi teas spurt on good demand
A GOOD general demand resulted in the spurting of prices of almost all varieties of tea at the Kochi tea auction. Of the quantity of 9,44,000 kg on offer in the dust category, CTC market barely steady to irregularly easier. Orthodox steady and ...
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TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Cotton may test resistance levels
NYCE cotton futures closed sharply higher on Friday, on sustained fund buying hitting an eight-week high. The current move is considered a technical reversal as the fundamental factors remains bearish due to a large US cotton crop and record ...
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OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
Kharif groundnut output seen down
GROUNDNUT in-shell production during kharif season is unlikely to exceed 45 lakh tonnes going by the latest available acreage and crop progress reports from various regions. This would be at least 8 lt lower than the 53 lt harvested during kharif ...
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POULTRY
Poultry traders worried about truckers' stir — Feedstock supply, product despatch likely to be hit
THE truck operators' strike has sent worry lines on the Rs 1,000-crore poultry sector, especially in Tamil Nadu, which relies heavily on inter-State road transport for its two-way traffic — to despatch the harvested egg and poultry meat to ...
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