Berita Arkib

05/11/2012 (The Punch) - Some unidentified persons have uprooted and set fire on the N20m Belform cocoa and palm oil plantation at Agboefiugo-Umuaram-Ikem area in Isi-Uzo council of Enugu State.

05/11/2012 (The Star) - Crude palm oil (CPO) for January fell RM90 or 3.6% to RM2,406 on Monday on worries about the stockpile and ahead of the production and export data by early next week.

05/11/2012 (Jakarta Post) - Several of the approximately 700 delegates from more than 35 countries attending the 10th annual Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) conference in Singapore last week wondered whether the green consumer campaign for certified sustainable palm oil had really been market driven or was simply a veiled trade barrier to the marketing of that vegetable oil.

03/11/2012 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures edged down on Friday to a two-week low, as investors remained cautious on market expectations of record high stocks in October.

03/11/2012 (Student Operated Press) - Indonesia`s largest palm oil company, Sinar Mas, ran into trouble recently when communities in Liberia complained about a 33,000 ha. operation being developed on their lands by its indirectly-owned subsidiary,

03/11/2012 (The Star) - Bintulu-based BBC Holdings Sdn Bhd is constructing a RM13mil biogas plant within its palm oil mill, using a new Japanese technology.

03/11/2012 (Ghana News Agency) - Farmers in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region would from next year start benefiting from highly subsidized palm nut seedlings.

03/11/2012 (The Star) - The benefits of breast milk the preferred food for babies are well-documented.

03/11/2012 (Newstrack India) - Pakistan is set to allow the use of land transportation to import agricultural goods from India - a move that would likely boost trade in food between the two countries and is vehemently opposed by farmers' lobbies in Pakistan.

03/11/2012 (Bernama) - The first biogas plant in the world to adopt membrane technology in palm oil milling, will be operational in Bintulu by June next year, following the signing of a contract for its development today.

03/11/2012 (Business Times) - "The RSPO has failed oil palm growers. There are 4.78 million tonnes of RSPO-certified oil in the market. What's the point of producing more when it can't even gain access into France?" said Malaysian Palm Oil Council chief executive officer Tan Sri Yusof Basiron.

03/11/2012 (Indian Express) - Tracking a weak global trend, crude palm oil prices declined by Rs 3.10 to Rs 433.60 per 10 kg in futures trade today as speculators offloaded their positions.