Sri Lanka promotes specialty teas in Japan
May 18, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is promoting the manufacture of specialty teas by its industry, with a competition in Japan giving recognition to producers and …
Agriculture
Sri Lanka’s Agalawatte Plantations buoyed by high rubber, palm oil prices
May 17, 2010 (LBO) - High rubber and palm oil prices helped Sri Lanka's Agalawatte Plantations make a net profit of 36 million rupees in the March 2010 quarter …
Sri Lanka tea prices fall as crops increase
May 14, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan tea prices fell at this week's Colombo auctions owing to bigger quantities and lower quality and are likely to fall further in …
Sri Lanka tea export earnings hit new high
May 07, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan tea export earnings in the three months to March 2010 hit a new high in rupee terms although lower volumes were shipped …
Sri Lanka tea output recovery slows in March
May 04, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's total tea production, including green tea, rose 7. buy robaxin online …
Sri Lanka dairy business prospects seen improving
Apr 23, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's dairy sector is improving with strong competition among processors expanding demand for milk and helping farmers, the US …
Sri Lanka tea producers say need support for replanting
Apr 17, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's plantations companies needs financial support to replant ageing trees as production costs rose, an industry official said as …
Sri Lanka tea price fall hits producer margins
Apr 10, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan tea prices have fallen after hitting record highs at recent auctions, although still higher than last year, squeezing profit …
Sri Lanka Hayleys commercial farming project wins recognition
Apr 06, 2010 (LBO) - A project to help farmers in Sri Lanka's former war zone by Hayleys, a big exporter of gherkins to global food chains, has won an award …
Sri Lanka Milk Foods starts new plant
Apr 02, 2010 (LBO) - Lanka Milk Foods (LMF), a milk powder packer which is part of Sri Lanka's Distilleries group, said it has begun production at a new plant …
Sri Lanka tea estate in iced tea project with US firm
April 01, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's listed Bogowantalawa Tea Estates said it was starting a two million dollar iced tea unit with a US firm in which the firm …
Sri Lanka tea wage hike erodes Malwatte Plantations profit
Mar 31, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Malwatte Valley Plantations said 2009 annual profits fell 99.3 percent to 2.15 million rupees from a year ago with a big …
Farmers’ futures evaporate in China drought
QIXINGCUN, March 29, 2010 (AFP) - Peasant farmer Dong Guicheng wakes up every morning hoping for rain, but each day a crippling drought instead brings more …
Sri Lanka Watawala Plantations creates new consumer products unit
Mar 26, 2010 9LBO) - Sri Lanka's Watawala Plantations, which manufactures and sells branded teas, has decided to set up a fully owned subsidiary to sell its …
Sri Lanka launches new tea certification scheme
Mar 25, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has introduced a quality certification programme for tea exports to ensure cleaner teas are sent to overseas markets, devoid of …
Sri Lanka tea output back to normal levels in February
Mar 23, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's tea production in February was back to the usual levels having recovered from the effects of drought and a market crash last …
Sri Lanka Finlays unit reveals gains from commodities crash
Mar 22, 2010 (LBO) - Buying tea for stock during the commodities crash in the last quarter of 2008 helped boost profits at Finlays Colombo group last year, the …
Sri Lanka poultry industry squeezed by state controls
Mar 19, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's poultry industry has been squeezed by taxes on imported maize which pushed feed costs up and price controls on processed …
Sri Lanka tea trade says expects short quality season
Mar 19, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's tea industry expects a short 'Western quality season' this year with teas that had the desired quality picking up in price at …
Sri Lanka tea prices rise, crops fall
Mar 12, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan tea prices rose at this week's auction as quality improved and crops coming down owing to drought, brokers said. Prices of some …