Nafed's Rs 300 cr soya-buying lifts prices
Fall in soyabean prices below the minimum support price (MSP) across the country has resulted in a record procurement of three lakh tonnes of the beans at an estimated cost of Rs 300 crore by the National Agriculture Cooperative Marketing Federation (Nafed).

Year-end coffee harvests begin, ryots expect output to cross 3 lakh tonnes
The Coffee Growers Ltd 1999-2000 (October-September) coffee crop is trickling into trading centres with harvesting for the new crop starting in full swing, growers and industry officials said on Thursday.

French ryot sues Monsanto for crop damages
A French farmer named in a class action lawsuit against Monsanto Co said he blames the life-sciences giant's involvement in genetically modified (GM) crops for miring him in a legal dispute dating back to 1997.


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