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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesia is seeking US$560 million (euro460million) to develop massive palm oil plantations along the Malaysianborder in Borneo, the agriculture minister said Tuesday.The plantations are expected to occupy 214,000 hectares (528,800 acres) ofland in Kalimantan province, providing more than 100,000 jobs, AntonApriyantono said.

Friday July 22, 2005, KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones)--Malaysian palm oil pricessaw the sharpest decline in more than a month Friday after the governmentlate Thursday put the Malaysian currency under a managed float regime,moving away from a fixed exchange rate of 3.8 to the dollar.

7/22/2005 USA - Some market-force planets are aligning, which may allowbiodiesel fuel to compete with its big petroleum cousin. Cost andsubsequently availability of the organic-based fuel have blocked anyserious entry into the market. Now, that may be changing. Rising petroleumprices and a new tax incentive are beginning to close the cost gap betweenpetroleum diesel and biodiesel.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 23 (Bernama) -- The de-pegging and consequentstrengthening of ringgit may have a temporary and minor impact on palm oilprices as they are traded in the U.S. dollar, the Parliamentary Secretaryto the Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities, Ng Lip Yong,said Saturday.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 23 (Bernama) -- Contrary to widespread expectationsthat commodity exports will be affected by a stronger ringgit followingthe decision to move it to a managed float vis-a-vis the U.S. dollar, anindustry official said "it will have a minimal impact on the edible oilsindustry."

Monday July 18, 2005 - POOR weather conditions in major oilseed producingcountries spells good news for the crude palm oil (CPO) price outlook withcommodity analysts projecting an average of between RM1,400 and RM1,500per tonne this year, and RM1,600 per tonne next year.

July 17, 2005 Washington, D.C. - It's a rule of Washington politics:Enact a subsidy and someone you didn't expect will come looking for it.

Thursday July 21, 2005 - CB Industrial Product Holding Bhd's (CBIP)wholly-owned subsidiary, Modipalm Engineering Sdn Bhd, wants to focus onsecuring more automated palm oil mill projects as part of its strategy togrow its business.

Monday July 18, 2005, 7:25 pm - JAKARTA, July 18 Asia Pulse - Indonesia'sproduction of crude palm oil (CPO) is forecast to reach 13.5 million tonsthis year, up from 12 million tons last year, the association of palm oilcompanies (Gapki) said.

Tuesday July 19, JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesia is seeking US$560million (euro460 million) to develop massive palm oil plantations alongthe Malaysian border in Borneo, the agriculture minister said Tuesday.The plantations are expected to occupy 214,000 hectares (528,800 acres) ofland in Kalimantan province, providing more than 100,000 jobs, AntonApriyantono said.

7/20/2005 Comtex International - HALIFAX, NS (Resource News Internationalvia COMTEX) -- Canadian canola stands to benefit from increasing consumerhealth concerns, especially as mandatory trans fat labelling legislationis looming in both Canada (December 2005) and the US (January 2006), saidspeakers at the Canola Council of Canada's annual convention in Halifax,July 17-19.

BANGKOK, July 14 Asia Pulse - The lingering drought has had a majoreffect on Thailand's fruit production and crude palm oil yields, accordingto the country's largest exporter of crude palm oil, Thai Univanich PalmOil Pcl (SET:UVAN).Univanich, one of Thailand's leading oil palm plantation and fruitprocessing companies, said in a release to the Stock Exchange of Thailandtoday that the severe drought, which started in December 2004, hadresulted in a decline in fruit production and oil yields in the secondquarter of 2005.