The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, December 13, 2007

RUBBER
Mixed trend in rubber
Kottayam, Dec. 12 Physical rubber prices showed a mixed trend on Wednesday. Sheet rubber RSS 4 declined to Rs 91 from Rs 92 a kg both at Kottayam and Kochi on buyer resistance. Ungraded rubber improved by 50 paise on better demand from the ... More

TEA
Green tea leaf
Tata Tea Ltd has launched Tetley Green Tea Leaf in packet format in an effort to reach out to a wider target audience who currently consume green tea leaf but would prefer the leaf format as opposed to a tea bag. The 125 gm box of Tetley Green ... More

COCONUT & COPRA
Coconut awareness rally
Increasing the use of coconut and thereby strengthening the economy of the State is the responsibility of each and everyone in society, the State Agriculture Minister, Mr Mullakkara Ratnakaran, has said. He was delivering the keynote address at ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Mixed trend in pepper futures
Kochi, Dec. 12 The pepper futures market on Wednesday witnessed mixed trend after experiencing high volatility during the day.Those holding positions in December and January went for liquidation as a result there was a decline of around ... More

Cardamom prices steady on buying support
Cardamom prices continued rule high and remained stable at auctions held in Tamil Nadu and Kerala during the week on decline in arrivals due to poor crop.Arrival at the Cardamom Processing and Marketing Company’s auction in Kumily ... More

Chilli futures gain on speculative buying
Mumbai, Dec. 12 Rapeseed-Mustarseed (RM seed) futures in NCDEX were down 1.36 per cent on higher warehouse stocks coupled selling pressure. Guar seed and guar gum prices fell on weak spot markets as arrivals still remained higher. ... More

EVENTS
Farmers mull 10% crop holiday
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‘Improper data limiting agri support price calculation’
Hyderabad, Dec. 12 The Chairman of CACP (Commission for Agriculture Costs and Prices) has said that the Commission has certain limitations on calculating support prices as it depended on improper data provided to them.Addressing a ... More

SOCIETY & DEVELOPMENT
Story of change: Philanthropist sends cheque to farmer
Bidar , Dec. 12 Life for Bheemrao Manigempure and his family hardly changed after the soul-stirring picture of the 75-year old with his son and daughter-in-law yoked to a plough appeared in the columns of this paper in July 2006. That ... More

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