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CPO prices forecast to dip amidst surplus soybean supply
Malaysian palm oil slips
Palm oil ends at near 6-week low on higher output, slower demand outlook
MKHOP’s plantations, yields likely to do well
Talk of El Nino Floods, Droughts Worries Farmers
Sun Oct 3,11:26 PM Science - SINGAPORE (Reuters) - After a seeminglyunending string of hurricanes and typhoons, talk that the "little boy" isstirring in the Pacific is unwelcome news for weather-battered farmers.
‘More mechanisation needed’
Sunday October 3, 2004 MIRI: The Plantation Industries and CommoditiesMinistry wants to see more mechanisation in the plantation sector toreduce the amount spent on labour, especially foreign workers.
Approval for more duty-free CPO exports
Friday October 1, 2004 - THE Ministry of Plantation Industries andCommodities has granted approval for additional duty-free crude palm oil(CPO) exports, given the higher-than-expected level of CPO stocks lastmonth and in the face of intense competition from Indonesia.Our concept of duty-free CPO exports is simple, said its minister, DatukPeter Chin Fah Kui.
Astra Agro Says Palm Oil Output May Increase 20% N
Oct. 2 (Bloomberg) -- PT Astra Agro Lestari, Indonesia's biggest publiclytraded agricultural company, said its palm oil production may increase byas much as a fifth next year, about the same as growth this year, becausemore trees will mature.
Crude Palm Oil Price Predicted To Rise 5% In 2005
JAKARTA, Sept 30 Asia Pulse - The Indonesian Association of Palm OilCompanies (Gapki) predicted that the price of palm oil will increase by 5per cent early next year.
Edible oil imports likely to rise; record soya cro
Mumbai , Oct. 2 - EDIBLE oil imports into the country were an estimated6.26 lakh tonnes (lt) in September as per preliminary data made availableto Business Line by the industry portal oilmandi.com.
IIU Don Successfully Turns Local Bio-Wastes Into U
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 3 (Bernama) -- Dr Farouk Abd-Elaziem Gad, an AssociateProfessor in molecular biotechnology engineering at the InternationalIslamic University (IIU) in Gombak near here, has yielded positive resultsfrom his research on local plant wastes as he has found ways to convertthem into useful enzymes.
Making estates, farms free of harmful chemicals
Oct 3 - HERBICIDES are the most commonly used chemicals in plantations,followed by insecticides, fungicides and rodenticides.About 80 per cent of plantations and farms use the herbicide paraquat,commonly called kopi-o, because of its coffee colour.
Ministry Approves Additional Duty Free CPO For Exp
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 (Bernama) -- Minister of Plantation Industries andCommodities, Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui, said Thursday that he has approvedadditional duty free Crude Palm Oil (CPO) for export this year.
