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Environmentally friendlier palm oil production could be achieved with less fertilizer and no herbicide, while maintaining profits. These are the encouraging preliminary results of the first two years of a large-scale oil palm management experiment by an international team of researchers led by the University of Göttingen. The research was published in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change.

BANGKOK, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil stockpiles likely rose in October as production increased to its highest in a year, even as export demand surged for the edible oil, a Reuters survey showed.

KUALA LUMPUR: No country will benefit from a trade war, says a trade expert. Asean-India Business Council (AIBC) co-chairman, Datuk Ramesh Kodammal said whenever there is a trade war, businesses suffer and ultimately, it translates to the people on the ground.

Orang Asli smallholders who cultivate oil palm only need to submit the land ownership documents to apply for the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil Certification (MSPO) which will be mandatory beginning next year.

Malaysian palm oil futures ended lower on Tuesday after hitting a nearly two-year high earlier in the session as market players booked profits, but prices are expected to rise again as production slows.

PARLIAMENT | The government's efforts to increase palm oil exports have been successful, Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok Suh Sim said today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 4): Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok Suh Sim has questioned the motives of those who staged a protest, purportedly defending oil palm settlers and smallholders in front of the Parliament building here today.

Malaysia loves its palm oil. The Southeast Asian country loves its number one commodity so much so that has even become possessive in recent months.

KUCHING: Analysts retain their ‘neutral’ view on the palm oil sector and they are uncertain about the performance of crude palm oil (CPO) prices.

KUALA LUMPUR: Felcra Bhd is empowering the management of oil palm plantations including in Igan Parliamentary constituency to ensure the optimum level of palm oil production and better yield.

In his commentary, the writer says it seems counterproductive to be irking a major contributor of Malaysia's economy when the price of one of its main commodities is on the wane.

BALI: Palm oil investors are cheering after a spectacular rally propelled prices into a bull market, and now traders are betting that the rebound has longer to run.