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26/05/2017 (Hindu Business Line) - Under current in edible oils market remained positive on Thursday tracking firm futures amid routine demand.

26/05/2017 (Business Standard) - Crude palm oil prices were up by 0.52 per cent to Rs 514.10 per 10 kg in futures trade today as traders created fresh positions, supported by pick up in demand at the spot market.

26/05/2017 (Economic Times) - Crude palm oil prices were up by 0.52 per cent to Rs 514.10 per 10 kg in futures trade today as traders created fresh positions, supported by pick up in demand at the spot market.

26/05/2017 (Far Eastern Agriculture) - PT SMART Tbk (SMART), a subsidiary of Golden-Agri Resources Ltd (GAR), has announced its breakthrough in cultivating exceptionally high-yielding oil palm planting material

26/05/2017 (The New Indian Express) - Kerala has requested the Centre not to lift the ban on palm oil import through the state’s ports. In a letter to PM Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan made the request as it would adversely affect coconut farmers in the state.

26/05/2017 (India.com) - Barring a fall in groundnut oil prices on reduced offtake by stockists, other edible oils held steady at the wholesale oils and oilseeds market today in thin trade.

26/05/2017 (Reuters) - China's crushing margins for soybeans fell to nine-month lows this week as soymeal stocks rose to their highest since mid-2012 amid sluggish end-user demand, pulling prices for the livestock feed to their lowest in a year.

25/05/2017 (Reuters) - Industry players in the agricultural sector should explore the biomass industry's potential in becoming a game changer for Malaysia, both in terms of economic growth and enhancing the sustainability of the local resources, said Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities, Datuk Seri Mah Siew Keong.

25/05/2017 (Hindu Business Line) - Edible oils prices fall on Wednesday tracking bearish futures amid lack of demand. Liberty’s rates for Palmolein Ex STC / Shapur were ₹576 / ₹577 for May. Super palmolein at₹597 for May and Soyabean refined oil ex Shapur ₹645 for May.

25/05/2017 (The Star) - CIMB Equities Research is maintaining its Add call for Hap Seng Plantations with an unchanged target price of RM2.89.

25/05/2017 (The Star) - Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has announced an allocation of RM510mil for oil palm replanting and new crop planting for smallholders as part of celebrations commemorating 100 years of commercial oil palm planting in Malaysia.

25/05/2017 (Daily News & Analysis) - Crude palm oil prices fell by 0.62 per cent to Rs 511.30 per 10 kg in futures trading today as speculators engaged in reducing positions, triggered by easing demand in the spot market.