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22/08/2016 (The Arunachal Times) - Two officials from the Department of Agriculture, T D Neckom, Deputy Director of Agriculture (Dev) and Idar Nyori, Agriculture Development Officer cum Assistant State Nodal Officer (Oil Palm) have been nominated for representation in the official Indian delegation to visit Malaysia to study and understand better Oil Palm production technologies.

22/08/2016 (The Star) - Spooked by heavy penalties imposed on plantation companies linked to forest fires in Indonesia, oil palm planters are bracing for another round of forest fires given the rising number of hotspots in major oil palm growing areas in recent weeks.

19/08/2015 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.

19/08/2016 (Reuters) - The following were Thursday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT:

19/08/2016 (AgriMoney.com) - Palm oil prices are set to rise, as importers make up for a long period of weak importer purchases reduced stocks, the palm oil producer Sipef said.

19/08/2016 (Business Review Australia) - New Zealand-based dairy company Fonterra has announced that it will be removing uncertified palm oil products from its supply chain by selling one third of the palm oil and palm kernel expeller (PKE) used in the country.

19/08/2016 (AgriMoney.com) - Palm oil prices are set to rise, as importers make up for a long period of weak importer purchases reduced stocks, the palm oil producer Sipef said.

19/08/2016 (FoodNavigator-Asia.com) - A proposal to force companies to notify consumers if their product contains palm oil is likely to mislead the public and imply that it is toxic and best avoided.

19/08/2016 (Borneo Post) - The government handles oil palm plantations on peat soil responsibly through all means and approaches to help mitigate climate change and sustain the farmers’ economy.

19/08/2016 (Bernama) - With the advent of scientific, technological innovations and good management practices, it is possible to develop problematic peatlands to bring about major economic crops such as oil palm, sago and other cash crops.

19/08/2016 (Hindu Business Line) - Majority of oils in Indore mandis have been witnessing an uptrend on strong global cues and improved domestic demand with soya refined

19/08/2016 (Business Recorder) - Three ships C.V Maersk Stockholm, M.T SC Tain Jin and M.T Chem Star Tiger carrying containers, palm oil and chemicals were allotted berths at Qasim International Container Terminal, Liquid Cargo Terminal and FOTCO Oil Terminal respectively on Wednesday.