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2/12/05 (Soyatech.com) - Two market analyst reports have found that consumers in the US and Europe do not trust the claims made on functional foods. Meanwhile, the market for food and drinks fortified with vitamins and minerals is growing rapidly in south east Asia, due mainly to Government backing.

2/12/05 (Soyatech.com) - Tropical rainforests are being destroyed to grow soya beans and palm oil to fuel cars and power stations in Europe and North America.

2/12/06 (Soyatech.com) - The soybean price on the domestic market rose while the soybean pulp price fell, according to Zhengzhou Grain Wholesale Market.

2/12/05 (Xinhua New Agency) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Wednesday launched an appeal for more than 96 million US dollars to provide agricultural relief in the coming year in 14 countries and regions suffering from devastating human or natural disasters.

2/12/05 ( Business Line) - WHEN the price of every other commodity is on the upswing, oilseeds have become an exception with prices weakening steadily, much to the discomfiture of growers

2/12/05 (The Star) - THE Felda group plans to set up palm biodiesel plants in Malaysia as part of its effort to become one of the world's largest producers of palm biodiesel.

BANGKOK (Dow Jones)--The following table shows Thailand's imports of soybeans, soymeal, pulp and palm oil in January-to-October, compared with imports in the same period in 2004.

5/12/05 (The Star) - IT'S a clear-cut task for Datuk Mohd Bakke Salleh, the newly appointed Felda Holdings Bhd group managing director.

3/12/05 PETALING JAYA, (Bernama) -- The palm oil industry should consider consolidating the refining sector or integrating palm oil business to address the shortage of raw materials, said Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities, Datuk Peter Chin.

29/11/05 KLANG,(Bernama) -- Malaysia will send fact-finding teams to explore investment opportunities in palm oil-related activities abroad, especially in countries that have similar climate as the country, Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui said Tuesday.

30/11/05 (BBC News) - The chief minister of Malaysia's biggest state has accused a number of organisations of conducting "smear campaigns" about logging within the state's tropical rainforest.

1/12/05 Jakarta (The Jakarta Post) - Apart from potential losses due to environmental destruction, the planned 1.8 million hectares of oil palm plantations in Kalimantan will cause the state financial losses of Rp 237.8 trillion (US$23.69 billion), an environmental group warns.