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India grain prices favour exports

Indian wheat and rice are competitively priced to enter the global market if government lifts the ban on exports, say traders. However, with rising cost of transportation, final export sales would depend on the ports through which the cargoes would be sent. "The best parity in wheat export will come for Rajkot traders where prices are ruling at Rs 1,100 to Rs 1,110.....

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Haryana gets award for wheat

Haryana has been selected for the Best Performing State Award under wheat for the year 2010-11 and the award would be presented by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the occasion of ICAR Foundation Day on July 16, 2011 in New Delhi. While stating this today, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that the award carried Rs 1.....

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CSA varsity scientists to make bio-product for soil treatment

The scientists at Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology will soon be developing fungi and bacteria based bio-formulations, helpful in treating seeds and soil for better crop productivity. For this purpose, a bio-control laboratory has been set up at the CSA varsity where the scientists will get ample opportunities to develop the.....

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Australia - Mutton exports down 22%

Australian mutton exports fell 22% during 2010-11, to 86,222 tonnes swt - the lowest fiscal year total since 1984-85 (Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry). While demand for mutton remained strong, there was a sharp contraction in Australian sheep turnoff and mutton production, with volumes back to all of Australia's major markets for.....