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Sarawak palm oil producers report lower output
Zafrul: 1,711 Malaysian export products to US to enjoy zero tariff
Indonesian Trade Ministry Links CPO Price Rise to B50 Biodiesel Plan
Trump signs trade deal with Malaysia’s Anwar
'Land grab' sees 200 oil palm acres burnt
9/4/07 (Daily Express, Sabah) - Keningau: More than 200 acres of oil palm were destroyed in a fire believed started by an unknown person, here, last month.
Palm oil: the biofuel of the future driving an ecological disaster now
5/4/07 (Infoshop News) - The numbers are damning. Within 15 years 98% of the rainforests of Indonesia and Malaysia will be gone, little more than a footnote in history.
Palm oil doesn't have to be bad for the environment
5/4/07 (Checkbiotech.org) - As traditionally practiced in southeast Asia, oil palm cultivation is responsible for widespread deforestation that reduces biodiversity, degrades important ecological services, worsens climate change, and traps workers in inequitable conditions sometimes analogous to slavery.
Selling Biofuel to the Rich Is Just a New Phase of Brazil Colony
9/4/07 ( Brazzil.com) - Recent research on the impact of fossil fuels has contributed to making the subject of biofuels the order of the day.
Strong liquidity to fuel upside
2/4/07 (Business Tiness ) - DESPITE a mid-week scare sparked by concerns over the deteriorating US housing market situation and surging crude oil prices above the US$60-a-barrel mark, buyers returned by the end of the week to shore up global and Bursa Malaysia equities, enabling the benchmark Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) to rise for a second week.
Global palm oil sales set to rise
28/3/07 (Business Times) - GOOD news for palm oil! A top palm oil industry official says global palm oil sales are set to rise due to the substantial reduction in soya oil production in the US.
Prospective Plantings Report: Corn Up 15%, Soybeans Down 11%
30/3/07 (Soyatech.com) National Agricultural Statistics Service -- USDA, Washington, D.C. - Corn growers intend to plant 90.5 million acres of corn for all purposes in 2007, up 15 percent from 2006 and 11 percent higher than 2005.
In 2006, China's Edible Oil Demands Kept Imports Growing at Rate of 3%-4%
30/3/07 DUBLIN, Ireland -- (BUSINESS WIRE) - Research and Markets has announced the addition of China Edible Oil Market Report, 2007 to their offering.
Learn to increase productivity, farmers urged
2/4/07 (The Star) MARAN - Smallholders are urged to enhance their knowledge in the rubber and palm oil industries as well as livestock farming and aquaculture so that they could increase their family income.
