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InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Gabungan Pengusaha Kelapa Sawit Indonesia has reaffirmed that Indonesia’s palm oil industry remains one of the country’s most strategic economic pillars, playing a critical role in regional development, employment generation, renewable energy supply, and long-term national economic resilience.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – PT Teladan Prima Agro Tbk (TLDN) reported solid first-quarter 2026 results, posting revenue of Rp1.37 trillion, up 6.8% year-on-year, supported by stronger crude palm oil (CPO) sales volumes and improved average selling prices for palm kernel (PK) and crude palm kernel oil (CPKO).

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Gabungan Pengusaha Kelapa Sawit Indonesia (GAPKI) marked its 45th anniversary with a commemorative gathering and the launch of a new publication titled 45 Tahun GAPKI untuk Negeri (45 Years of GAPKI for the Nation), underscoring the palm oil industry’s long-term contribution to Indonesia’s economic growth, employment generation, and energy security.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – PT Agrinas Palma Nusantara is promoting a new development model for Indonesia’s palm oil sector that combines higher production targets with environmental restoration, stronger conservation commitments, and a more inclusive partnership framework for Smallholders.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Indonesia’s state-linked palm oil marketing platform PT Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara (KPBN) recorded a withdrawn (WD) tender for crude palm oil (CPO) on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, as the highest bid for CPO reached Rp15,122/kg, down Rp337/kg, or around 2.18%, from Rp15,459/kg in the previous trading session.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Land legality issues involving community-managed oil palm plantations located within designated forest areas remain one of the biggest obstacles to accelerating Indonesia’s Smallholder Replanting Program (PSR), prompting the government to intensify cross-ministerial coordination and establish a dedicated task force to resolve long-standing administrative bottlenecks.

InfoSAWIT, PEKANBARU – Fresh fruit bunch (FFB) prices for independent oil palm Smallholders in Riau declined for the April 29–May 5, 2026 pricing period, with the benchmark price for nine-year-old palms dropping by Rp102.1 per kilogram to Rp3,854.21/kg, according to the latest pricing decree issued by the provincial pricing team.

InfoSAWIT, PEKANBARU – Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) prices for plasma Smallholders in Riau Province declined during the April 29–May 5, 2026 pricing period, based on the latest official pricing decree issued by the provincial pricing team under Decree No. 14.

InfoSAWIT, PEKANBARU – PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk reaffirmed its commitment to preventing forest and land fires through a strict no-burning policy, while strengthening peatland management and emergency preparedness across its operations in Riau Province.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Indonesia has invested heavily in palm oil research and development over the past decade, but the bigger challenge now lies in ensuring that innovation moves beyond laboratories and academic forums into commercial application across plantations and mills.

InfoSAWIT, MUKOMUKO – Forestry law enforcement authorities have named a 58-year-old man identified only as S as a suspect in an alleged forest encroachment case linked to the development of an illegal oil palm plantation in the Seblat Landscape, Mukomuko, Bengkulu. The suspect is believed to have controlled and managed approximately 30 hectares of oil palm plantation land inside the Air Rami Production Forest, an ecologically important protected landscape in the province.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – PT Agrinas Palma Nusantara has declared its readiness to support the acceleration of Smallholder palm oil replanting, including plantation areas that have long faced legal uncertainty due to their location within designated forest zones.

InfoSAWIT, KOTAWARINGIN TIMUR – Technological innovation continues to drive Indonesia’s palm oil plantation sector toward a more modern, precise, and efficient cultivation system. A collaboration between Institut Pertanian Stiper (INSTIPER) Yogyakarta and PT Bumitama Gunajaya Agro (BGA Group) has successfully developed the Autonomous Intermittent Fertilizer Spreader, an AI-based autonomous tractor designed specifically to improve fertilizer application efficiency in oil palm plantations.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Efforts to accelerate Indonesia’s Smallholder Palm Oil Replanting Program (PSR) must begin with strengthening institutions at the Smallholder level through more solid, professional, and industry-integrated organizations, according to industry stakeholders. Such a move is seen as essential in transforming independent palm growers from farm operators into modern, competitive agribusiness players.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Indonesia’s domestic crude palm oil (CPO) reference price traded slightly lower at the start of the week, mirroring weakness in the regional vegetable oils market as softer export demand and expectations of higher April production weighed on sentiment.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – PT Dharma Satya Nusantara Tbk (DSNG) started 2026 on a strong note, posting solid first-quarter earnings growth driven primarily by its resilient palm oil business, despite ongoing volatility in commodity markets and softer demand in non-core business segments.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Rumah Sawit Indonesia (RSI) is calling for a fundamental shift in the implementation of Indonesia’s Smallholder Palm Replanting (PSR) program, arguing that stronger farmer institutions, simplified governance, and deeper strategic partnerships are critical to transforming independent growers into competitive agribusiness players.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Indonesia’s drive to improve smallholder oil palm productivity is gaining renewed urgency as industry stakeholders seek to address aging plantations and unlock the untapped potential of nearly 7 million hectares of smallholder-managed oil palm land, which accounts for roughly 42% of the country’s total planted area.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Indonesia’s palm oil fund agency infrastructure support program has been designed to strengthen the operational foundations of independent palm smallholders, covering assistance ranging from certified seedlings and fertilizers to farm transport equipment, agricultural machinery, plantation roads, and water management systems.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – The integration of cattle farming into oil palm plantations is once again gaining attention in Indonesia as policymakers and industry players search for practical solutions to narrow the country’s widening beef supply deficit.