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21/09/2013 (CattleNetwork.com) - Corn was part of general commodity decline Thursday night. The commodity sector moved generally lower overnight, although there was no readily apparent reason for the drop. Soybeans led the grain markets downward, which may have reflected the improved moisture being received by much of the Corn Belt at this juncture. December corn slid 1.5 cents to $4.58/bushel early Friday morning, and May lost 1.5 cents to $4.7825.

21/09/2013 (Reuters) - India will consider an increase in the import duty on refined palm oil in 10 days, Food Minister K. V. Thomas said on Friday, a move that could help its local industry struggling with cheap supplies from Indonesia and Malaysia.

21/09/2013 (Reuters) - Palm oil exports from Indonesia, one of the world\'s top producers, are expected to rise 5.5 percent from a year earlier to 19 million tonnes in 2014, the chairman of the southeast Asian country\'s industry body said on Friday.

21/09/2013 (FoodNavigator.com) - GreenPalm has announced the first certified trade of palm oil by-product for feed use, hailing the development a triumph in supply chain sustainability for food manufacturers.

21/09/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian crude palm oil (CPO) prices are likely to rise nearly 9 percent to 2,500 ringgit per tonne by February 2014 from current levels as inventories in top producer Indonesia are set to fall after it decided to promote biodiesel consumption, a top industry analyst said on Saturday.

21/09/2013 (Hindu Business Line) - Increased arrivals of soyabean in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra and groundnut and cotton in Gujarat, along with bearish trend in the futures market, kept edible oils prices under pressure. The volume remained subdued, tracking weak domestic currency making imports costly. Local refineries raised their rates for palmolein by Rs 6 for 10 kg.

21/09/2013 (Asia Sentinel) - Global demand drives FDI in Indonesian plantations and rapid land clearing Oil palm plantations and processing have become a strategic industry for Indonesia. Palm oil is the country's third largest export earner, contributing substantial foreign exchange earnings and providing opportunities for small-scale farmers to partake in this vibrant agro-business, thus developing the rural economy and spurring local employment.

21/09/2013 (Hindu Business Line) - Malaysian palm oil futures on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange edged lower on Friday, as the ringgit continued to appreciate to a three-month high following the US Federal Reserve's surprise decision to postpone any reduction in its bond-buying programme. Market participants liquidated positions ahead of vegoil forecasts by leading analysts in Mumbai over the weekend.

20/09/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures fell on Thursday after the ringgit jumped to a three-month high following the U.S. Federal Reserve's surprise decision to postpone any reduction in its bond-buying programme, eating into profits for overseas buyers.

20/09/2013 (Hindu Business line) - Strong domestic currency and weak foreign markets pulled down edible oils prices on Thursday.

20/09/2013 (Biofuels International) - It has been reported Malaysia, the world’s second largest palm oil producer, is to launch its own certification standard for next year.

20/09/2013 (SBWIRE) - From the drought stricken corn fields in Kansas to the looming threat of coastal communities in New Jersey, California and Florida being drowned by rising sea levels, Americans are protesting what they see as carbon emissions that are being added to the atmosphere unnecessarily.