Sri Lanka rains, floods affect low country tea crop
June 03, 2008 (LBO) – Floods caused by heavy rains in southern Sri Lanka have disrupted cropping on tea plots but no serious shortfall is anticipated …
June 03, 2008 (LBO) – Floods caused by heavy rains in southern Sri Lanka have disrupted cropping on tea plots but no serious shortfall is anticipated …
May 27, 2008 (LBO) – The fall in tea prices in recent weeks owing to the seasonal increase in supply and lower quality has put producers' margins under …
May 26, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Carson Cumberbatch group said efficiency improvements and expanded cultivation in its oil palm estates in south-east …
May 22, 2008 (LBO) – Tea exporting countries last week agreed to stick to a minimum quality level to prevent oversupply from depressing prices, …
May 22, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is to import copra, or dried coconut kernel, to feed the country's oil mills which are facing high prices and raw material …
May 21, 2008 (LBO) – The United States which is helping milk farmers in eastern Sri Lanka says more private sector investment is needed to boost …
May 21, 2008 (LBO) – Chilaw Plantations, a Sri Lanka government owned plantation that was under private management, would be taken back to state control …
May 16, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan tea prices fell at this week's auction because of seasonal factors such as bigger volumes and lower quality, brokers …
May 13, 2008 (LBO) – Fonterra Brands Lanka is investing 1.2 billion rupees to double yoghurt output and boost local raw milk supplies to cushion against …
May 12, 2008 (LBO) – Pelwatte Sugar Industries said its March quarter net loss increased 57 percent pushing annual losses to more than half-a-billion …
May 07, 2008 (LBO) – High import duty rates and a ban on packet tea imports by Iran is preventing Sri Lankan tea exporters from better penetrating a …
MADRID, May 3, 2008 (AFP) - The Asian Development Bank on Saturday promised financial help for nations fighting the global food price crisis and attacked plans …
May 02, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lankan tea prices have begun to decline with the end of the western quality season and increasing crops, brokers said. "The market is …
BERLIN, April 14, 2008 (AFP) - Massive production of biofuels is "a crime against humanity" because of its impact on global food prices, a UN official said …
April 13, 2008 (LBO) – Poultry breeder Three Acre Farms Limited (TAFL) plans to relocate some of its operations to a facility which is being fitted with …
April 04, 2008 (LBO) – The volume of transactions on Sri Lanka's automated tea export document processing system is on the rise but the number of …
April 02, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Tea Board has turned down an appeal by export firms to ship tea below government stipulated standards, saying it no …
Mar 27, 2008 (LBO) – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is teaming up with Sri Lanka's Hayleys group to lift rural …
PHNOM PENH, March 26, 2008 (AFP) - Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday banned rice exports in a bid to halt the staple food's spiraling prices, …
Mar 23, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's exporters of value added coconut products are asking to authorities to free edible oil imports, so that profits from oil …