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Amidst weak futures and slack demand, most of the oils at the mandis in Indore were quoted lower with soya refined declining to ₹855-60 for 10 kg, while soya solvent ruled at ₹805-10.

Oil palm trees are going to be raised in 10,000 acres in Mancherial district in a phased manner and in 500 acres belonging to Chennur Assembly constituency on a pilot project basis this year.

PALM oil is widely used in food products due to its superior health benefits and versatility — from cooking oil to margarine, bakery fats, chocolates, confectioneries, ice cream, dairy substitutes and food supplements.

A prominent Sabahan businessman has called for the kind of political leadership that is reminiscent of former chief minister Harris Salleh, whom he regards as the overseer of the “golden era” of the state’s economic development.

Malaysia's palm oil producers are embarking on a rare recruitment drive to hire locals and accelerating industry mechanisation as they grapple with a severe shortage of foreign labour due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Palm oil producers are beginning to recruit local workers and pursue automation as the industry reels from the foreign worker shortage brought on by Covid-19.

When I first visited Fiji about six years ago, I did not pay much attention to the natural vegetation.

Sarawak Plantation Bhd’s net profit for the second quarter ended June 30, 2020 rose to RM19.39 million, eight times the RM2.42 million it made in the previous year’s corresponding quarter, boosted by an increase in fair value of biological assets.

Petrol­e­um imports declined nea­rly 25 per cent year-on-year in the first month of 2020-21, the Pakistan Bur­eau of Statistics repo­rted on Monday.

Unilever is planning to use new geo-location technology to make its palm oil supply chains more transparent and tackle a farm-to-table traceability problem that has plagued the industry for decades.

Compared to other vegetable oils such as soybean, rapeseed and sunflower, palm oil is the highest yielding vegetable oil.

Malaysian palm oil futures rose more than 1% on Monday, following higher prices of rival soyaoil on the Dalian Commodity Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade, although weaker August exports capped gains.