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Indian pomegranates to satiate American tastebuds

After mangoes, Indian pomegranates will cross boundaries to touch the US shores as the exotic fruit has cleared pest risk analysis by US department of agriculture (USDA). USDA is expected issue a notification shortly after which pomegranates from Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra and Gujarat will be exported to the US. Leading Indian varieties of pomegranates such as Ganesh of Maharashtra, Dholka of Gujarat, Jodhpur Local of .....

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Guar gum, golden commodity in 2011

In 2011, stock markets failed to shine and gold lost a bit of its lustre, though the latter ended with a 31 per cent gain. So, which was the commodity that gave the best returns last year? At the beginning of last year, no one could have given it even a semblance of a chance. The winner then is guar gum, a by-product of guarseed derived from guar or cluster beans. Prices of guar gum increased over two-and-a-half times in 2011 and Rs 100 invested in the .....

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Rose market gains as rupee falls

The fall in the value of the rupee couldn't have come at a more opportune time for exporters of cut-roses - on the eve of Christmas, New Year. Valentine's Day too, is not far. "The rose export market is going to gain from the fall of the rupee ahead of New Year and Valentine's Day," said Jayaprakash Rao, general secretary, South India Floriculture Association (SIFA), an export body run by rose growers. The body owns 51 per cent stake in the International .....

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Limited export buying amid arrivals drags onion

Heavy arrivals, particularly of late kharif crop, continued to pound onion in markets around growing regions in Maharashtra and Gujarat this week. “Arrivals have been huge in the last 3-4 days of the late kharif. Some 34,000 tonnes have arrived and of this, 10,000 tonnes flooded the Solapur agricultural produce marketing committee (APMC) yard,” said Mr Rupesh Jaju, Director of Nashik-based United Pacific Agro Pvt Ltd. Onion prices ruled between .....