Bikaner hails bumper groundnut crop
Bikaner,
17
Dec,
2007
:
The
farmers
in
Bikaner
have
a
reason
to
celebrate
as
their
efforts
have
resulted
in
a
bumper
crop
of
groundnut
this
year.
Recently,
a
record
high
auction
of
approximately
6
lakhs
sacks
of
groundnuts
took
place
on
a
single
day
at
the
Bikaner
grain
market.
A
single
sack
contains
one-quintal
groundnuts.
According
to
traders,
the
existing
rates
of
groundnut
in
Bikaner
are
better
than
the
previous
year
as
there
is
a
huge
demand
of
groundnut
oil
in
Asian
nations,
mainly,
Singapore.
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Story first published: Monday, December 17, 2007, 16:41 [IST]