MPOB to conduct surprise inspections on oil palm weighing scales in 2025
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 28 — The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) enforcement officers will conduct surprise inspections on oil palm buyers starting in early 2025...
Govt aims to replant oil palm on 77,000 hectares over next five years
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 26 — The government has targeted oil palm replanting on 77,000 hectares of land over the next five years (2025 to 2029)...
Nation to produce sustainable jet fuel by 2027
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 26 — Malaysia plans to start producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in 2027, with an initial production capacity of one million metric...
Orang Asli without land grants, licences must refer to state govts for palm oil sales
KUALA KANGSAR, Nov 19 — Orang Asli intending to sell oil palm fruit but lacking land grants and licences must refer to their state governments,...
Palm oil mills should adopt AI tech, says plantations minister
KUALA KANGSAR, Nov 19 — Palm oil mills in the country have been urged to use artificial intelligence (AI) technology for oil processing, thus lowering...
Nestle, P&G probe into palm oil sources after green group’s Indonesia deforestation report
JAKARTA, Nov 11 — Consumer brands including Nestle and Procter & Gamble said they conducted investigations after an environmental group said palm oil sourced from...
Ministries to mull oil palm replanting grant hike for smallholders
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 16 — The Plantation and Commodities Ministry will discuss with the Finance Ministry (MOF) to increase the assistance provided in the oil...
Plantation ministry suggests revised windfall profit levy on palm oil
PUTRAJAYA, Sept 23 — The Plantation and Commodities Ministry presented a proposal to the Finance Ministry last week to revise the palm oil windfall profit...
MPOB achieves 70 pct mapping of oil palm smallholders
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 16 — The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) has successfully mapped around 70 per cent of independent smallholders as part of its...
Govt says no plans to reinforce oil palm replanting grants
KUALA LUMPUR, July 15 — The government does not plan to reinforce the oil palm replanting programme via grants for now, the Plantation and Commodities...
Oil palm industry affected after foreign worker recruitment quotas frozen — Minister
KUALA LUMPUR, March 19 — The oil palm industry is facing problems or is being affected after the government froze the hiring quota of foreign...
Johari Ghani: Felda must ensure oil palm does not share rubber industry’s fate
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 6 — The Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) has an important role in ensuring the sustainability of Malaysia’s oil palm industry so...