Stagnating palm-oil production and a biodiesel push in Indonesia could keep the price of cooking oil high for years.

MalaysiaBunches of oil palm fruit harvested by hand are trucked to a mill for processing in mainland Malaysia. Oil palms yield more oil per acre than do other crops. But soaring demand for the ...

Following the acquisition, First Resources aims to boost its palm oil output by 25% to 1.25 million tonnes per year. Last year, the company’s net profit jumped 56 % to $228.8 million as revenue ...

The company's efforts to replace old plantation have helped increase yields of fresh fruit bunches and the rate of oil extraction has also risen, promising higher crude palm oil output in 2025 ...

GUA MUSANG: An Indonesian plantation worker was crushed to death under the wheels of a tractor onto which he was loading palm oil fruit at Ladang Serasa, Sungai Bayu, here at 12.10pm on Monday ...

A worker inspects palm oil fruit bunches at the IOI Corp. Gomali palm oil estate in Gemas, Johor, Malaysia, on Wednesday, June 10, 2020. Palm oil stockpiles in Malaysia posted a surprise drop as ...

A little girl holds palm oil fruit collected from a plantation in Sumatra, Indonesia, Nov. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara) Mason said palm oil is “found in just about everything.” “It’s in your ...

Oil palms, which start losing productivity after 20 years, need to be replaced after 25 years, with new trees taking three to four years to yield fruit, rendering land unproductive until then and ...