Berita Arkib

30/3/07 (Soyatech.com) National Agricultural Statistics Service -- USDA, Washington, D.C. - Corn growers intend to plant 90.5 million acres of corn for all purposes in 2007, up 15 percent from 2006 and 11 percent higher than 2005.

30/3/07 DUBLIN, Ireland -- (BUSINESS WIRE) - Research and Markets has announced the addition of China Edible Oil Market Report, 2007 to their offering.

2/4/07 (The Star) MARAN - Smallholders are urged to enhance their knowledge in the rubber and palm oil industries as well as livestock farming and aquaculture so that they could increase their family income.

30/3/07 (The Star) KUALA LUMPUR - Synergy Drive Sdn Bhd, formed to buy Malaysian plantation companies including Sime Darby Bhd, is reviewing its portfolio of assets, fuelling speculation some divisions unrelated to palm oil will be sold.

29/3/07 (The Star) KUALA LUMPUR - Bank Negara yesterday introduced an Islamic instrument that uses crude palm oil (CPO) as its underlying asset to manage short-term liquidity in the Islamic inter-bank money market.

1/4/07 (AP) AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Only a few years ago, oil from palm trees was viewed as an ideal biofuel: a cheap, renewable alternative to petroleum that would fight global warming. Energy companies began converting generators and production soared.

27/3/07 (AP) AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Once, palm oil was seen as an ideal biofuel, a cheap alternative to petroleum that would fight global warming.

2/3/07 (Reuters) - IMMINGHAM, England - Independent oil company Greenergy's biodiesel plant in north-east England began commercial production on Friday and should ramp up to full output in a couple of weeks, chief executive Andrew Owens said.

2/4/07 (Business Times) - THE Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) feels that palm oil will certainly qualify as second generation biofuel in reducing carbon dioxide emission by more than 80 per cent, with a little more fine-tuning in its processing technology.

30/3/07 (Bay Area Indymedia) - In today's world the use of biofuels has led to horrific consequences for the people of the world and the environment.

27/3/07 (The Star) - THE Country Heights Growers'Scheme (CHGS) offers an opportunity for female investors to invest in crude palm oil, one of the fastest growing industries in Malaysia today.

26/3/07 (Scoop.co.nz) - Have you ever noticed that a herd of lembu or cows, all tend to move together in the same direction? Have you often wondered why this phenomenon occurs?