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23/01/2017 (Bernama) - Malaysia has assured the European Union (EU) that its palm oil is not only safe and healthy but also being cultivated with good agricultural practices.

23/01/2017 (Bernama) - For newly-appointed Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA) Chairman, Tan Sri Shahrir Abdul Samad, uplifting the socio-economic status of its 112,635 settlers remains paramount.

23/01/2017 (The Nation) - Pakistan has become the fourth largest market for cooking oil after China, India and United Arab Emirates and third largest importer of the commodity at globe, experts said on Saturday.

23/01/2017 (The Star) - Palm oil mill manufacturer Dolphin International Bhd is entering the biogas business and changing its business model to earn more recurring income, following the acquisition of a biogas company which already has a 16-year concession to sell its renewable energy (RE) to Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB).

23/01/2017 (Reuters) - Palm oil is headed for 3,300 ringgit per tonne by March, sooner than forecast earlier, as stocks of the tropical oil remain tight. Prices will then fall nearly a quarter by June or July, said leading vegetable oils analyst Dorab Mistry on Saturday.

23/01/2017 (Tempo.co) - Business players and the government have been urged to stay alert of the restrictive policies in the form of non-tariff barriers for Indonesia’s palm oil commodities following the inauguration of the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump.

23/01/2017 (The Hindu) - Commending the oil palm farmers for making good use of the cashless transaction facility, chief manager of the State Bank of India’s Agriculture Development Branch, Peddapuram, S. Srinivasa Rao on Saturday highlighted the need for going digital with regard to banking transactions by making better use of mobile applications.

23/01/2017 (The Star) - Palm oil mill manufacturer Dolphin International Bhd is entering the biogas business and changing its business model to earn more recurring income, following the acquisition of a biogas company which already has a 16-year concession to sell its renewable energy (RE) to Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB).

23/01/2017 (NAIJ.COM) - In order to improve food sufficiency in the South-East of Nigeria, the federal government through the federal ministry of agriculture, has concluded plans to site two rice plants, one cassava processing plant and one palm oil plant in Imo state, precisely in the Nzerem community, Ehime Mbano local government area of the state.

20/01/2017 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.

20/01/2017 (Reuters) - Thursday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT:

20/01/2017 (Business Standard) - Cottonseed oil prices declined by Rs 50 per quintal in an otherwise steady wholesale oils and oilseeds market today on subdued demand.