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10-07-2018
FGV hopeful PM’s China trip will benefit palm oil sector
KUALA LUMPUR: FGV Holdings Bhd is optimistic that Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s official visit to China in August will benefit the palm oil sector, said FGV president and group CEO Datuk Zakaria Arshad.
10-07-2018
Crude palm oil futures gain 0.35%
New Delhi, Jul 9 Crude palm oil prices went up by 0.39 per cent to Rs 632 per 10 kg in futures trade today as speculators widened their positions amid firm demand at the spot market.
10-07-2018
U.S. Soybean Vessel Was Loaded for China Just Before Duties
A ship carrying U.S. soybeans took off for China last week just before the Asian country’s retaliatory tariffs went into effect.
10-07-2018
Teresa Kok’s palm oil challenges
KUALA LUMPUR: With numerous challenges dominating Malaysia’s palm oil industry, all eyes are on Teresa Kok as she officially begins as the minister of primary industries.
10-07-2018
Sarawak plays host to sustainable palm oil conference
: Sarawak is hosting the Consortium Studies on Smallholder Palm Oil (CSSPO) 2018 conference which is an annual open forum for academics and stakeholders in the palm oil and agriculture industry to disseminate relevant researches and share and discuss alternative strategies in harmonising environmental, social and economic dimensions.
10-07-2018
SOPPOA: Planters are suffering from low palm oil prices
KUALA LUMPUR: The Sarawak Oil Palm Plantation Owners Association (Soppoa) has appealed to the government to look into the plight of planters burdened by higher costs.
10-07-2018
Virgin Atlantic Removes Beef and Palm Oil From Flight Menus
Sir Richard Branson’s international airline Virgin Atlantic, with flights from the UK, North America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, has been removing ingredients deemed unsustainable such as beef, palm oil, and soy from in-flight menus
09-07-2018
A new lease of life for Southpoint
Northport (Malaysia) Bhd, a member of MMC Corp Bhd, is planning to set up biomass processing and logistic facilities at Southpoint in Port Klang to optimise its existing assets utilisation.
09-07-2018
Winners and losers from the EU’s proposed ban on palm oil
The proclaimed aim of the EU’s palm oil ban is to halt deforestation, but by refusing to honour producers that have switched to sustainable agricultural practices, the EU risks doing more harm than good, argues Prof Gernot Klepper.
09-07-2018
Crude Palm Oil Weekly Report – July 7th, 2018
Malaysia’s palm oil futures erased last week’s gains and fell for the third straight session due to concerns over the US-China trade war, lacklustre export data as well as tracking weakness in related oil.
09-07-2018
Abia commences Oil Palm revolution, distributes two million Tenera seedlings
Abia State has flagged-off its Oil Palm revolution and allied products project, with the distribution of two million high yield species of Tenera seedlings to communities
09-07-2018
Trump's And China's Tariffs Could Do Permanent Damage To Soybean Farmers
To understand the potential financial impact to American farmers it is important to know that soybeans is the second largest financially important crop in the U.S. per NASS, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. In 2017 the value of soybeans grown was $41 billion, second only to corn at $48.5 billion .