The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, April 26, 2008

RICE
COMMODITY COMMENTARY
Govt should maximise kharif crop output
Mumbai, April 25 If one goes by the screaming headlines in various newspapers that proclaim the country is set to harvest record agricultural crops this year, one can be pardoned for imagining that we must indeed be self-sufficient in food. ... More

Market intervention
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CLIMATE & WEATHER
Automatic weather stations
Five automatic weather stations, out of the 224 planned in the State through the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in Tamil Nadu, would be established in Tiruchi district soon. While speaking at a farmers grievance day meeting here on Friday, ... More

Brewing cyclone may toy with peninsular coast
There is growing consensus among various international models about the brewing cyclone in the Bay of Bengal moving initially in a north-northwest direction towards India’s southeast coast (Tamil Nadu-Andhra Pradesh). But the ... More

COMMODITIES
Costlier food, steel drive up inflation rate to 7.33%
Wholesale Price Index of all commodities up at 226.9 More

FERTILISERS
Markfed to raise Rs 500 cr for purchase of fertilisers
Hyderabad, April 25 The State has given permission to the Andhra Pradesh State Co-operative Marketing Federation Ltd (AP Markfed) to raise a loan of Rs 500 crore for purchasing fertilisers for the ensuing kharif season.“The ... More

PLANTATIONS
Weather woes hit areca output
Kottayam, April 25 Arecanut production is reported to be very low in main producing centres due to climatic changes according to Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Cooperative Ltd. News of import from Indonesia has ... More

RUBBER
Spot rubber prices hit Rs 115 a kg
Kottayam, April 25 The domestic rubber made sharp gains on Friday. According to observers, the market appeared to be moving under the control of speculators who were taking advantage of the fundamental and technical position amidst short ... More

TEA
Tea exports may increase 20 million kg this fiscal
Major buyers looking to India on global shortfall More

Mixed trend at Kochi tea auction
Kochi, April 25 While there was no significant change in the quantity on offer at the dust tea auction, there was a marked fall in the volumes on offer at the Kochi leaf tea auction. In the dust segment, market for CTCs opened at an ... More

FOODGRAINS
PM hopeful of higher grains procurement
Assures Left delegation that efforts are on to check inflation More

COTTON
‘28% of area under cotton in Gujarat using illegal seeds’
Ahmedabad, April 25 Gujarat, which is set to harvest a record 90-100 lakh bales of cotton this season, could have increased its yield even further but for use of illegal cotton seeds on a vast tract under the cash crop.Gujarat has 57 ... More

OUTLOOK
Wheat production likely to rise 7%
Consumption seen touching 630 m tonnes More

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