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USDA’s Indonesia desk predicts increased palm oil production

An El Nino event could weigh on that outlook

By MarketsFarm, GFM Network News March 22, 2023

MarketsFarm — Indonesia, the world’s largest producer of palm oil, is forecast to see a three per cent rise in production in 2023-24, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service post in Jakarta. The country’s USDA post anticipates 46 million tonnes of palm oil production, which would be up from 44.7 during […] Read more

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Sierra Leone passes new laws to boost landowners’ rights

By Umaru Fofana, GFM Network News August 9, 2022

Freetown | Reuters — Sierra Leone’s parliament on Monday passed two laws that lawyers say will help boost the rights of rural landowners and women against land grabs by big mining and agribusiness firms. The West African country has a history of sometimes deadly conflict between local communities and foreign companies that have cleared huge […] Read more

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Indonesia’s palm oil export ban seen short-lived on limited storage

By Bernadette Christina, rajendra-jadhav, GFM Network News April 26, 2022

Jakarta/Mumbai | Reuters — Indonesia’s ban on palm oil exports is unlikely to last more than a month as Jakarta has limited infrastructure to store the surplus oil and the country faces mounting pressure from buyers to resume shipments, industry officials said. The world’s top palm oil exporter announced plans to ban exports on Friday, […] Read more

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Indonesia bans palm oil exports as global food inflation spikes

Government under pressure to control cooking oil prices

By Fransiska Nangoy, GFM Network News April 22, 2022

Jakarta | Reuters — Indonesia, the world’s top palm oil producer, announced plans to ban exports of the most widely used vegetable oil on Friday, in a shock move that could further inflame surging global food inflation. The halting of shipments of the cooking oil and its raw material, widely used in products ranging from […] Read more

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Indonesia palm oil production to rise, USDA attache says

By MarketsFarm, GFM Network News March 25, 2022

MarketsFarm — There’s to be a small increase in palm oil production in Indonesia in 2022-23, according the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s attaché in Jakarta. The attaché pegged palm oil output to rise by 1.1 per cent at 46 million tonnes due to favourable weather and higher prices for producers. Also, the attaché revised 2021-22 […] Read more

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Study finds no data to show change in butter consistency

Not enough data to link to palm supplement use, either

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News January 22, 2022

Updated, Jan. 24 — A panel tasked with reviewing complaints of changes in Canadian butter’s consistency has found there’s not enough data out there to support those complaints — nor to support the allegation that palm byproducts in cows’ rations were the cause. The Expert Working Group on Feed Supplementation, set up by Dairy Farmers […] Read more

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USDA’s Indonesia desk predicts increased palm oil production

Sierra Leone passes new laws to boost landowners’ rights

Indonesia’s palm oil export ban seen short-lived on limited storage

Indonesia bans palm oil exports as global food inflation spikes

Indonesia palm oil production to rise, USDA attache says

Study finds no data to show change in butter consistency

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