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Textile sector needs $16 bn to meet export goal: study

A contrarian decline in prices

IN FUCUS/ SUGAR

Delectable Alphonso getting cheaper

Gujarat to allot wastelands for contract farming

Agri-business in transition zone

Global molasses prices forecast northwards

MCX, Upasi in tea futures drive

Vegetable price up as rains hit supply

Retail vendors have taken benefit of the situation by selling vegetables at double the purchase price, aggravating consumers' woes

Silver imports shoot up as prices drift to multi-year lows

While India imported 1,900 tonnes of silver in 2012, in the first five months of 2013 alone, imports have touched 2,400 tonnes

Basmati rice might top list of agricultural exports

The commerce ministry expects Russia would lift a ban on Indian Basmati imports soon

Soybean production could go up 7-10%: SOPA

Around 80-85% soybean sowing is done in the country and remaining may get over by first week of July

Karnataka seeks Rs 310 cr package for arecanut, grape, pomegranate growers

In Karnataka, arecanut is grown on about 200,000 hectares

Gold futures dip below 26k level

Gold for the October contract dropped by 2.97%

US quota leeway boost for textile exporters

Farm minister rules out white sugar import

Learning commodity derivatives

INVESTOR EDUCATION

Cane shortage drives up prices

IN FOCUS / SUGAR

Global tea demand-supply gap down

Commodity trading for dummies

INVESTING

Jute geotextiles to be used in pilot road projects