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Tuesday, December 13, 2005
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Canara Bank disburses Rs 35-cr farm loans
THE Mangalore Circle of Canara Bank, which has an agricultural clientele base of 16,000 in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts, has disbursed Rs 35 crore agricultural loans in these districts till date during current financial year. The bank ... More

AQUACULTURE


In great demand
A seafood exporter exhibiting a lobster at his stall in Kochi. Demand for live and whole cooked lobster in the international market is rising. India, the third largest fish-producing nation in the world, exports seafood to more than 70 countries ... More

INSIGHT


Farm credit package in the offing?
MR SUKHJIT Singh, who retired as Director, Agriculture, of the Punjab Government, is a leading agriculturist in the Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur belt and is representative of a small but growing community of farmers who believe that the agricultural ... More

RUBBER


Rubber improves on moderate demand
MODERATE demand from the tyre and non-tyre sectors enhanced spot rubber prices on Monday. Dealers and growers were not interested in selling even at higher levels. Main marketing centres seemed to be suffering from acute shortage of raw ... More

SUGAR


Sugar production may touch 187 lakh t
SUGAR production is estimated to increase by 47 per cent to 187 lakh tonnes during the current sugar season 2005-06 (October-November) from 127.15 lakh tonnes recorded during the last season 2004-05, thanks to overall good rainfall recorded in ... More

TEA


2nd lowest tea volume on offer at Coonoor sales
A VOLUME of 9.25 lakh kg of teas catalogued for this week's auctions of the Coonoor Tea Trade Association (CTTA) to take place on Thursday and Friday is more than the lowest volume of 8.4 lakh kg for year which was offered last week. Howeverl, it ... More

WATER


`Liquidity' problem
Surplus water being released from the Vaigai dam in Madurai. Since Monday morning, about 8,500 cusecs was released from the dam which is inching closer to its full reservoir level of 71 ft due to huge inflows following heavy rains in the ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL


`Just in time' inventory policy may not be apt for farm products
WHILE most manufacturers opt for the `just in time' inventory to reduce the carrying or overheads cost, the CEO of Idhayam Group, Mr V.R. Muthu, prefers to differ. According to him, this inventory policy would not be appropriate to ... More

Palmolein, soya oil rise on limited buying
MUMBAI: RBD palmolein and soya oil ruled higher on Monday on limited buying interest. Among imported oils, refined soya oil was up Rs 2 at Rs 348 for 10 kg. Crude soya oil was up a rupee at Rs 329. RBD palmolein was up a rupee at Rs ... More

COFFEE


Special package will revive coffee sector, says Elangovan
THE Union Government is quite optimistic that its May 2004 coffee package would help revive the coffee sector and improve the financial position of the growers on the back of the distinct and tangible improvement in the domestic and export prices ... More

COMMODITY MARKETS


Gold tops Rs 8,000-mark in domestic market
GOLD prices crossed Rs 8,000-mark on Monday. Both the precious metals prices moved up further on strong international trend despite limited buying interest. Silver (.999 fineness) moved up by Rs 210 to Rs 13,365 per kg. Pure gold prices moved ... More

WTO


`More farm commitments needed from rich nations'
THE FICCI has called for fewer farm tariff reduction commitments from developing countries compared to their developed counterparts at the WTO Ministerial Conference that gets under way in Hong Kong tomorrow. The chamber has also called for a ... More



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