The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, February 14, 2008

COMMODITY EXCHANGES
FMC raises open interest, price limits for 32 farm items
Mumbai, Feb. 13 Days after getting its autonomous status, commodity market regulator Forward Markets Commission has increased open interest position on 32 agriculture commodities besides raising the daily price limit for 34 agriculture ... More

CLIMATE & WEATHER
Weather-maker La Nina matures in Pacific
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb. 13 The La Nina event in the Pacific basin has matured, according to the latest update from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM). This colder counterpart of El Nino has been variously held responsible for ... More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Potato crop loss: Centre urged to release money
Kolkata, Feb. 13 West Bengal State Cooperative Bank Ltd (WBSCB), on behalf of the State’s short-term cooperative credit structure, has urged the Union Government to immediately release its share of fund to be paid as compensation under ... More

RUBBER
Spot rubber rules steady
Kottayam, Feb. 13 The physical rubber prices turned steady on Wednesday lacking follow-up support from traders. The leading international indices were also in a sluggish mood followed by profit booking at higher levels. Sheet rubber was flat ... More

TEA
Offers at 13-week high at Coonoor tea auctions
Coonoor, Feb. 13 Volume offered for sale No: 7 of the auctions of the Coonoor Tea Trade Association (CTTA) to be held here on Thursday and Friday has risen to 13-week high except for a marginal increase in the sale held on December ... More

FOODS & FOOD PROCESSING
Solar-dried fruit bars to hit the market
SEED INITIATIVE More

JUTE
Jute procurement from AP suspended
The Jute Corporation of India has suspended purchase of jute for the past couple of days and the officials here are unable to confirm when it will be resumed, putting jute farmers in Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts to great distress. ... More

COFFEE
Rains may help robusta crop next season
Showers aren’t beneficial, says Karnataka Growers Federation More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
France looks to sell wheat, barley to India
May export 4-6 m tonnes of wheat outside EU More

TRENDS
Plea to step up relief to AP farmers
Hyderabad, Feb. 13 Ms D. Purandeswari, Union Minister of State for Human Resources, has appealed to Mr Sharad Pawar, Union Minister for Agriculture, to come to the rescue of the farmers in Andhra Pradesh who lost their crops in the recent ... More

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