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04/03/2014 (Pattaya Mail) - Thailand's Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives reported agricultural economic pderformance to the public saying that the sector has expanded by 0.8 per cent compared with the same period of last year, and the ministry predicts sector growth by around 3 per cent for the year.

01/08/2014 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures fell in thin trade on Thursday, reversing gains from the early session as disappointing export data and weakness in comparative soy markets dragged the tropical oil to record its biggest monthly drop since May.

01/08/2014 (The Star) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Friday.

01/08/2014 (The Star) - The high volume of crude palm oil (CPO) inventory carried forward from the previous year, coupled with the industry’s expectation of higher crop production going forward, have resulted in the bearish sentiment of CPO prices, said IJM Plantation CEO and managing director Joseph Tek.

01/08/2014 (The Star) - After two months of intense bidding exercise, Sime Darby Bhd has taken the lead to close in on New Britain Palm Oil Ltd (NBPOL).

01/08/2014 (Bloomberg) - Oilseed planting in India is poised to slump as much as 24 percent to the lowest since 2002 after a weak start to the monsoon spurred farmers to switch to cotton, potentially boosting imports by the biggest buyer of palm oil.

01/08/2014 (The Star) - Affin Investment Research is maintaining its Buy recommendation for WTK Holdings Bhd at RM1.38 with a target price of RM1.76.

01/08/2014 (Jakarta Globe) - Sinar Mas Agro Resources & Technology, an agribusiness unit of the Sinar Mas Group, posted a 21 percent increase in profit for the first half of the year on strong palm oil demand in Indonesia.

01/08/2014 (Indonesia Investments) - The Agriculture Ministry of Indonesia expects that domestic production of palm oil in 2014 will decline 10 percent (roughly two million tons) from last year due to the possible impact of the El Niño weather cycle in the second half of this year. El Niño is a weather phenomenon that occurs once every 5 years on average and involves periodical warm ocean water temperatures off the western coast of South America. This can cause climatic changes across the Pacific Ocean, impacting on the global commodities market.

01/08/2014 (Business Standard) - The Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) may recommend further rationalization of import duty on oilseeds, with the aim of easing domestic prices and containing inflationary pressure emanating from food articles that are import sensitive.

31/07/2014 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Thursday.

31/07/2014 (Hindu Business Line) - Despite facing de-growth in the soaps category, Godrej Consumer Products (GCPL) is not willing to drop prices immediately to generate demand at a time when consumer spends are down.