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04/03/2016 (Business Standard) - First global 2016 wheat production forecast sees a modest drop from last year's record level.

04/03/2016 (Business Standard) - Crude palm oil prices fell further by 0.31 per cent to Rs 476.40 per 10 kg in futures trading today as participants booked profits, driven by easing demand in the spot market against adequate stocks position.

04/03/2016 (Borneo Post) - Analysts are neutral on the impact from Sarawak speeding up the development of large tracts of native customary rights (NCR) land for oil palm following the state government’s decision to stop giving out land for plantation projects.

04/03/2016 (Reuters) - Malaysia should scrapexport duty rates for processed palm oil products to help itsrefining sector, which is losing market share to the world'sbiggest palm producer Indonesia, a Malaysian industry body said.

04/03/2016 (Minnesota Daily) - From shampoo to Girl Scout cookies, palm oil is an ingredient widely used in U.S. products. Now, University of Minnesota experts are exploring its possible negative environmental impacts.

04/03/2016 (Bloomberg) - Olam International Ltd. hired three people to start a vegetable-oils trading desk in the Netherlands.

04/03/2016 (Bernama) - A three-day Africa regional conference to discuss and agree on a shared framework for the responsible production of palm oil opened in Accra on Wednesday.

04/03/2016 (Reuters) - Malaysia's January exports fell for the first time in eight months on weak global economic conditions and a slide in oil and gas shipments, government data showed on Friday, confounding economists' expectations for a rise.

03/03/2016 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.

03/03/2016 (Bernama) - The medium-density fibreboard (MDF) manufacturing industry can now opt for oil palm biomass as an alternative raw material, says the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB).

03/03/2016 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures fell to their lowest in a month on Wednesday, weighed down by a stronger ringgit and weak export demand.

03/03/2016 (Reuters) - Wednesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT.