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InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – The operational performance of the plantation segment of PT Sawit Sumbermas Sarana Tbk throughout 2025 showed a positive trend, marked by increased production of both fresh fruit bunches (FFB) and crude palm oil (CPO). Improved quality of processed raw materials, along with tighter control over production losses at the mill level, became the key factors supporting this achievement.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – PT Sawit Sumbermas Sarana Tbk (SSMS) has decided to distribute Rp800 billion in cash dividends to shareholders, equivalent to Rp83.99 per share, or 68.92 percent of profit for the year attributable to owners of the parent entity. The decision was approved at the company’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGMS) held today.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Badan Pengelola Dana Perkebunan (BPDP) has officially expanded the scope of its 2026 BPDP Research Grant by adding two new strategic commodities—coconut and cocoa—complementing a research focus previously dominated by the oil palm plantation sector. The move is seen as opening wider opportunities for universities, research institutions, and industry partners to participate in innovation development based on Indonesia’s plantation commodities.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Badan Pengelola Dana Perkebunan (BPDP) has emphasized that the BPDP 2026 Research Grant program will focus on studies capable of delivering tangible impact for the development of Indonesia’s strategic plantation commodities, from upstream to downstream sectors, particularly palm oil, coconut, and cocoa. The change in nomenclature from the Palm Oil Research Grant to the BPDP Research Grant also marks the expansion of commodities covered under the institution’s research funding scheme.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – When the government announced plans to add 2.3 million hectares of new oil palm plantations as part of its national energy security strategy, the most fundamental question emerged upstream: is Indonesia’s palm oil governance healthy enough to sustain expansion on such a scale?

InfoSAWIT, MEDAN – Referring to the decision of the Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) pricing team of North Sumatra Plantation and Livestock Agency for the period 29 April – 5 May 2026, the price of North Sumatra palm oil FFB for trees aged 10–20 years increased by Rp15.16/kg to Rp3,921.77/kg.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – The crude palm oil (CPO) price at PT Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara (KPBN) was set at Rp15,220/kg on Wednesday (29/4/2026), marking an increase of Rp98/kg, or around 0.66 percent, compared to the highest bid price on Tuesday (28/4/2026), which stood at Rp15,122/kg.

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.