It may be noted that gap between the LSM share to GDP as compared with wholesale and retail trade has widened considerably in the last five years having a strong realisation of the fact that the government imposed import duty in the budget 2007-08 to curtail the import size. It may be noted that gap between the LSM share to GDP as compared with wholesale and retail trade has widened considerably in the last five years having a strong realisation of the fact that the government imposed...

The problem is particularly bad in North Texas, where rain has "severely damaged" wheat and the harvest is at a standstill, the report said. That's quite a lot when compared with the parched Junes of the past two years, which logged 1.6 inches and 0.8 inches, respectively. To help blunt the outbreak, Keck is urging people to make sure that no standing water collects on or near their property. July is off to wet start as well. And while it wasn't enough to set a record, it well surpassed...

The major conversion from conventional cotton production to wide-scale corn acreage in the Mississippi Delta has created the need for a more flexible means of storing and transporting the grain. With the nation's emphasis on ethanol production to blend with petroleum in gasoline production, Delta farmers have joined their Midwestern counterparts in raising large tracts of corn. Herring said he got the company welders and other employees to construct the prototype for the rol-hopper some...

They were producing more than they could use, but getting it to other markets was difficult. White states that wheat growers brought their harvest to Milan from as far as 150 miles away. Berckmueller explained research was done in the early 1820s to assess the need for a waterway on which grain farmers could transport their crops. Berckmueller said the area s native stands of white oak, whose wood is impervious to water, were used to build boats and barrels. In the mid-1800s, landlocked...

If all vehicles in the country are required to use E-85, all farm acreage that is now in wheat, soybean and other vegetables would have to be converted to corn production. How efficient and cost effective is ethanol? Some major colleges and consumer organizations have determined that ethanol has less energy per gallon than gasoline. To meet the mandates of the 2005 energy bill, all corn production in the country would have to be used for ethanol production by 2015. There are large...

products in the Panamanian market. Agricultural safeguard measures will be available for certain products, allowing for temporary tariff increases if import quantities exceed agreed trigger levels. For some products with longer tariff phaseouts, immediate duty-free market access will be provided through the creation and expansion of TRQs (providing duty-free access for a specified quantity of imports) In December 2006, the United States and Panama signed an extensive agreement on SPS...

According to folklore, the mound is traditionally visited at sunrise on Midsummer's Day by a white figure accompanied by a white hound with red ears. Art of the crop circle reaches new heights with this astonishing 3-D design. It has been the setting for several crop circles in the past, including an elaborate 350ft pattern featuring a giant Egyptian mosaic in the shape of two wings, surrounded by symbols which bear a striking resemblance to the Mayan calendar which predicted that the...

July 2 (Bloomberg) -- Sugar in New York fell for the fourth-straight session as a record cane harvest in Brazil, the largest producer, exceeds demand from ethanol mills. The price earlier touched 9.18 cents, the lowest for a most-active contract since June 19. World sugar production will be 166. Licht's February estimate and up 13 percent from last year, according to the report. Futures have dropped 44 percent in the past year. Sugar Falls for 4th Session on Increased Supplies in Brazil By...

Soybean acreage was slashed as farmers planted more corn, which reached a 10-year high in February, driven by record demand for ethanol and animal feed. Wheat is the fourth-biggest crop, behind hay, with a value of $7. When farmers were making planting decisions in early March, corn had gained 82 percent from a year earlier while soybeans were up 29 percent. Soybeans currently are too cheap to guarantee a large increase in global acreage, Feltes said. Prices earlier rose 50 cents, the...