Berita Arkib

Palm oil purchases by India will probably jump almost 11% this year, with a relatively faster rise in prices of competing cooking oils prompting some users to switch to the tropical oil.

The Sarawak Oil Palm Plantation Owners Association (Soppoa) concurs with the Malaysian Palm Oil Association (MPOA) about many locals shunning the opportunity to be involved in this sector, even with good wages being offered.

Cypark Resources Bhd's wholly-owned unit has been granted a 1.100 MW biogas quota at a palm oil mill in Johor.

Federal prosecutors in Brazil have cited a recent Mongabay investigation into water contamination by a palm oil company in an Indigenous reserve as key evidence in their legal battle to hold the company accountable.

Finance Minister T Harish Rao on Sunday assured to set up an Oil Palm company at Narmetta in Siddipet district to facilitate the buyback of Oil Palm crop from farmers directly in Siddipet.

West Sulawesi Province has outlined a target to export 42.5 thousand tons of palm oil valued at Rp535.8 billion in 2021, with China eyed as the largest export destination.

Indonesia’s palm oil production is controversial due to its contribution to climate change and loss of biodiversity as a result of large-scale deforestation.

BURSA Malaysia is expected to see better days in the second quarter of 2021 (2Q21), backed by a global effort to speed up the inoculation drive against the Covid-19 pandemic and Putrajaya’s additional stimulus measures.

Despite the government’s plan to increase soybean production, Indonesia’s projections for the 2021-22 marketing year are down compared to last year, according to a report from the Foreign Agricultural Service of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

US farmers are expected to plant on "every possible piece of soil available" as they aim to bank on record corn and soybean prices in the US, which has the potential to push planting intention estimates for US crops above the US Department of Agriculture's previous projections, various sources told S&P Global Platts.

The recent widespread flooding from heavy rainfall which hit the provinces of South and East Kalimantan have caused concern among many, with some environmentalists attributing the disaster to the expansion of oil palm plantations. What is the actual root of the problem? Is it possible for oil palm growers to participate in environmental conservation to reduce potential flood risks? If so, how?

Palm oil inventories at the world’s biggest grower Indonesia is expected to shrink by almost half to 2.67 million tonnes by the end of 2021 as a rise in demand is seen outpacing production, the Indonesian Palm Oil Association (GAPKI) said on Wednesday.