Archived News

11/24/2004 WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. - Soybean rust, a defoliating fungus thatprevents proper plant development and reduces crop yields, has migrated toArkansas.

Tuesday, 23 November 2004 - UNADULTERATED PALM oil ("Ngo") is noted tocontain countless therapeutic benefits to the human immune system, whentaken every day.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 (Bernama) -- Deputy Minister of International Tradeand Industry Datuk Ahmad Husni Mohamad Hanadzlah will be leading a tradeand investment promotion mission to Peru and Brazil starting thisWednesday, Nov 24 till Dec 4.

Tuesday November 23, 11:38 AM KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones)--Edible oil pricesare likely to fall in 2005, with Malaysian crude palm oil futures expectedto touch MYR1,300 a metric ton amid supply pressures from large globaloilseed crops, influential analyst Dorab E. Mistry said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 (Bernama) -- In a move to create public awareness onthe need to use environment-friendly energy sources, the Malaysian PalmOil Board (MPOB) will hold a test drive using biofuel on Dec 5.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 (Bernama) -- The government is reviewing the rolesand objectives of the Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority(Risda) to increase smallholders' income under the rubber replantingscheme, the Dewan Rakyat was told Wednesday.

Nov 17 3:26 PM - Net oil importer Thailand plans to expand oil palmplantations six-fold by 2008 to use the oil to mix with diesel, reducingits import bill and boosting farmer incomes, Energy Minister PromminLertsuridej said yesterday.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22, 2004 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture todayreleased its revised quarterly forecast of U.S. agricultural export salesfor fiscal year 2005. Sales are forecast to be $56 billion, down from therecord of $62.3 billion set in FY 2004. The drop in export sales is mostlydue to record U.S. crop production, which mean lower prices for grains,oilseeds and cotton, and increased foreign competition due to largersupplies all around the globe.

Nov 23 7:11 AM., USA- Marketers of full complex vitamin E supplementscould turn the latest review on the vitamin to their advantage, despiteits dramatic conclusions widely reported in consumer press.

BUENOS AIRES, Nov 19, 2004 (ODJ)-- Argentine trade officials will meetwith their Chinese counterparts in Beijing next month to discuss possiblechanges in the way China regulates soyoil imports, an Argentine officialfamiliar with the issue said Thursday.

11/15/2004 The Corn and Soybean Digest - As South American farmers beginplanting, both Brazil and Argentina plan to have laws in place to provideincentives for the production of biodiesel.

11/10/2004 (IPS News) RIO DE JANEIRO -- Rising oil prices and the upcomingimplementation of the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gases, following therecent ratification by Russia, are accelerating the process of turningBrazil into a world leader in "bio-energy".