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AI boom is turning Malaysia’s palm oil estates into data centres
Malaysia lowers December crude palm oil reference price, maintains duty at 10%
Malaysian palm oil futures fall under fundamental pressure, amplifying the impact on other oil prices
CPO Futures Snap Two-Day Gains To Close Lower
Thailand to raise oil palm area six-fold for fuel
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.
USDA releases 2005 agricultural exports forecast-
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.
Vitamin E, the positive twist
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.
Argentina, China to discuss soy oil trade rules
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.
Brazil, Argentina pump up biodiesel
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.
Brazil: A bioenergy superpower in the making
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".
Delicacy within palm tree trunk
Tuesday November 23, 2004 - What Malaysian plantation owners usually throwaway contains something tasty, nutritious and valuable, EMMELINE TANdiscovers.
Farmers oppose expansion of palm oil plantations i
11/10/2004 (Asia Pulse) KORONADAL CITY - A militant farmers group hereexpressed opposition to the planned expansion of palm oil plantations inSouth Cotabato, noting such endeavor would result to "massive land andcrop conversions in the area."
Fungus attack on US soybean likely to drive CPO pr
Tuesday November 23, 2004 - THE US Department of Agriculture'sconfirmation that major soybean producing areas in the United States havebeen affected by the Asian soybean rust fungus could drive crude palm oil(CPO) prices forward, especially next year.
