Berita Arkib
04-12-2008
Getting the locals to supply more fertilisers
04/12/2008 (The Star Online) - THE cold war between fertiliser manufacturers and local planters has taken a new twist with six top local plantation companies last week taking a united stand to put on hold their purchases for the next six months.
04-12-2008
Cheaper Prices: Lower prices \'a matter of time\'
04/12/2008 (NST Online) - PETALING JAYA: Consumers may not see prices dropping just yet, but there is good news coming for those wanting more value for their money.
04-12-2008
Biodiesel Usage May Be Brought Forward To January, Says Chin
03/12/2008 (Bernama), Kuala Lumpur - The government may bring forward to next month the use of biodiesel by government vehicles in an effort to increase the use of crude palm oil and push up the commodity price.
04-12-2008
RI committed to developing sustainable palm oil industries
03/12/2008 (ANTARA News), Nusa Dua - Indonesia is committed to developing oil palm plantations and industries in environment-friendly and sustainable ways to facilitate the export of its key commodity particularly to the European Union (EU), a minister said.
03-12-2008
Indonesia to Help Farmers Replant 125,000 Hectares of Oil Palms
03/12/2008 (Bloomberg) - Indonesia, the world's largest palm oil producer, will help small farmers replant 125,000 hectares of palms in the next two years to rejuvenate plantations and control supply, a government official said.
03-12-2008
Degraded grasslands better option for palm oil production relative to rainforests, finds study
03/12/2008 (Mongabay.com) - Producing biofuels from oil palm plantations established on degraded grasslands rather than tropical rainforests and peat lands would result in a net removal of carbon from the atmosphere rather than greenhouse gas emissions, report researchers writing in Conservation Biology. The results confirm that benefits to climate from biofuel production depend greatly on the type of land used for feedstocks.
03-12-2008
India soybean down on sell-off tracking palm oil
03/12/2008 (Reuters), Mumbai - India soybean futures fell on Wednesday morning on fresh selling on the back of weak Malaysian palm oil futures and on expectations of high arrivals in the spot market as farmers increase supplies, analysts said.
03-12-2008
Oil palm plantation owners query govt on imported crude vegetable oil
03/12/2008 (Guardian Newspaper) - THE Plantation Owners Forum of Nigeria (POFON) over the weekend in Benin called on the Federal Government to make a definite pronouncement on the alleged lifting of the ban on the importation of crude vegetable oil and its related products.
03-12-2008
Indian defaulters ship out palm oil from Indonesia
03/12/2008 (Reuters), Nusa Dua, Indonesia - Indian buyers who defaulted on palm oil imports from Indonesia have begun to ship out a portion of the old contracts following protests from producers, an industry official said.
03-12-2008
Fall in palm oil price may lead to industry consolidation
02/12/2008 (Mongabay.com) - A dramatic fall in palm oil prices may provide an opportunity for plantation giants to add to their holdings, reports Reuters.
03-12-2008
HSBC to cut lending to questionable oil palm and logging companies
02/12/2008 (Mongabay.com) - HSBC has cut lending to oil palm developers and logging companies in Malaysia and Indonesia due to environmental concerns, reports Reuters.
03-12-2008
Wellness Food Trends for 2009
02/12/2008 (Food Processing) - The hot nutrition and wellness issues coming in 2009 and beyond start with the very youngest members of the family. Growing awareness of the equation of “unhealthy food + children = future unhealthy adults,†coupled with advances in food and ingredient processing are influencing how parents feed infants and toddlers in the 21st century.