AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
ANIMALS & LIVESTOCK
Goat plague: Red alert in 10 TN districts
THE Animal Husbandry Department has sounded a red alert in 10 districts in the State, following an outbreak of a viral disease `Pesteds Petits Ruminants', affecting goats and sheep. According to official sources, more than 100 goats have died ...
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Training programme for sheep farmers, fishermen in Karnataka
THE State Government, along with Metro Cash & carry India Pvt Ltd and DEG, a German development funding organisation, on Tuesday announced the launch of training programmes for sheep farmers and fishermen across the State. Over the next one ...
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CULTIVATION
Soil Health Cards for TN farmers
THE Agricultural Department has plans to issue `Soil Health Cards' to farmers during the current financial year, according to an official release. The release from Pudukottai said the farmers would be advised on application of fertilisers, ...
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AQUACULTURE
Ailing seafood units seek relief
THE Forum for Revival and Reconstruction of Seafood Export Industries in India has sought the Union Government to initiate steps for the revival of 150 units in crisis. In a press release issued here on Monday, the local members of the ...
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HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
The cart is upset
A fruit vendor arranges apples at his kiosk in Kochi. Prices of apple have come down drastically as there is a glut in the market due to a bumper crop in Himachal Pradesh. There has not been much demand for fruits in the State since the Onam ...
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PLANTATIONS
White arecanut packs launched in Mangalore
TO reach the consumers directly and to minimise the number of middlemen in the arecanut market, Mangalore Agriculturists' Souharda Sahakari (MASS) Ltd launched 1 kg and 2 kg packets of white arecanut in Mangalore on Tuesday. Releasing them ...
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RUBBER
Rubber hardens on buying pressure
The covering groups continued to procure the stock to fulfil their commitments while nominal buying from certain exporters was also felt in the main marketing centres. Sheet rubber RSS 4 closed at Rs 50.50 against Rs 50.00 while the other ...
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TEA
Nilgiris small tea growers seek subsidy hike for replanting
THE Nilgiris Small Tea Growers Association has appealed to the Commerce Minister, Mr Kamal Nath, to increase the subsidy for replanting the age-old bushes in the small growers' fields to 50 per cent of the cost. "At the recent stakeholders ...
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COTTON
Record cotton crop seen next season — Advisory boards pegs production at 213 lakh bales
THE Cotton Advisory Board (CAB) on Tuesday estimated a record cotton crop of around 213 lakh bales (of 170 kg) for the 2004-2005 season (October-September), up 20 per cent over the current season's figure of 177 lakh bales. Cotton output ...
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Uncertainty over cottonseed promotion irks processors
EVEN though oilseeds and cotton are two important commercial crops of the country with significant contribution in terms of employment, incomes and exports, indecision within the Ministry of Agriculture as to which technology mission should focus ...
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SILK
Silk body plans new label
THE Silk Mark Organisation of India (SMOI), a registered society sponsored by the Textiles Ministry, plans to introduce another label called `Vanya' for the wild or non-mulberry silk that is gaining in popularity both in the domestic and ...
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POULTRY
COMMODITY COMMENTARY
Lobbies at work to get customs duty on maize import cut
SOMETHING strangely common between two apparently unrelated events in two different parts of the country last week provides an interesting insight into the minds of those in agri-commodity business. A report on the proceedings at the Indo-US ...
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