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Malaysian palm oil futures fall under fundamental pressure, amplifying the impact on other oil prices
Palm oil consumption forecast to increase
Palm oil inventories to stay elevated next year
CPO Reference Price Falls 3.9 Percent in December 2025
Palm oil areas could help beef up meat supply
04/08/2010 (The Jakarta Post) - Agriculture Minister Suswono has urged the Riau provincial administration to set aside at least 1 million hectares of oil palm plantation to support an integrated cattle breeding and oil palm (SISKA) program.
Palm Oil Shows Promise
03/08/2010 (Farm Chemicals International) - Global demand for palm oil is expected to grow more than 50% by 2020 because of rising popularity and consumption in Asia. China and India are the largest net importers of palm oil, much of which comes from predominantly from Malaysia and Indonesia.
Unemployed goes to prison for stealing palm oil
03/08/2010 (Ghana News Agency) - Kwame Korankye, 37, unemployed, was on Tuesday sentenced to 12 months imprisonment in hard labour for stealing two drums of palm oil valued at GHC 500 by the Kade District Magistrate Court.
Sabah Develops 1.476 Million Hectares For Agriculture
03/08/2010 (Bernama), Kota Kinabalu - Sabah has developed 1.476 million hectares of land statewide for agriculture.
Government Considering RM20 Million Allocation For Oil Palm Smallholders
03/08/2010 (Bernama), Miri - The government is considering a RM20 million allocation under the 10th Malaysia Plan to help oil palm smallholders.
Cargill to supply Unilever’s sustainable palm oil
03/08/2010 (Australian Food News) - Edible oils giant Cargill has entered into a supply agreement to provide Unilever’s European operations with 10,000 tonnes of sustainable palm oil.
FBCCI assures stable oil price in Ramadan
02/08/2010 (Bdnews24.com), Dhaka – The FBCCI has assured that the price of edible oil will not slip out of reach during Ramadan.
Bunge scouts for palm plantation in Indonesia
03/08/2010 (The Financial Express), Mumbai - US agribusiness group Bunge Ltd is actively scouting for palm plantations in Indonesia and Malaysia to cater to Asian demand led by India and China, the world’s biggest importers of vegetable oils, the head of its Indian unit said.
Malaysia must tap oil palm biomass potential
03/08/2010 (The Star Online), Kuala Lumpur - MALAYSIA needs to tap the full potential of oil palm biomass such as empty fruit bunches, palm fibre, palm kernel shells and palm oil mill effluent which can be developed into high-income generating renewable resource products for export, said Plantation Industries and Commodities secretary-general Datuk Wira Ismail Salleh.
