ELAMGULAM, Kerala (Reuters) - Several rubber farmers have put away their tapping knives and switched to planting other crops, as ample global supplies and sinking benchmark prices of the tyre-making ...

The Automotive Tyre Manufacturers Association (ATMA) has voiced concern over the quality of domestically produced natural rubber, noting that it is lot rubber (low grade) which constitutes almost ...

This photo taken on March 4, 2025 shows a mobile rubber-tapping robot in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province. Developed jointly by the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS) and ...

The National Coordination Council of Rubber Producers Societies has urged rubber farmers in Kerala to stop tapping during the coming summer if the market situation does not improve. Babu Joseph, ...

ELAMGULAM, India, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Several Indian rubber farmers have put away their tapping knives and switched to planting other crops, as ample global supplies and sinking benchmark prices of the ...

In a bid to tackle the chronic labor shortages plaguing its natural rubber industry, China has unveiled a mobile rubber-tapping robot, marking a leap forward in agricultural automation. Developed ...