Agriculture/Farming

The Malaysian Palm Oil Board is scheduled to publish its monthly figures on Mar 10.

Malaysia palm oil output set for steep drop after Sabah floods

The nation’s production is expected to decline in February due to seasonal lows and shorter working days due to holidays

Since the Agri-Food Cluster Transformation Fund's launch in 2021, S$55 million has been awarded to nearly 150 projects.
SINGAPORE BUDGET 2026

Budget 2026: Singapore’s agri-food sector to get S$70 million in second round of government funding

It will provide co-funding support for local farms to increase capacity and capability for local production

Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group, a northern Chinese maker of milk and dairy products, has issued a total of 45 billion yuan of technology and innovation bonds this year.

China’s biggest tech bond issuer this year is a dairy maker

The Asian nation has taken a more top-down approach to ensuring there’s ample funding to power its tech ambitions

Dang Huynh Uc My (pictured) stepped up as AgriS chairwoman in July 2024 after about two decades in senior roles, including overseas training in finance and management in New Zealand.
BEHIND THE NAME

Next gen steers Vietnam’s US$1 billion sugar empire to go global – starting with three-person Singapore office

Chairwoman Dang Huynh Uc My is determined that sugar alone will not define AgriS’ future

Above: Workers cooking soybeans at an Indonesian factory in 2021. For soybeans, Indonesia already buys most of its cargoes from the US to meet rising demand for tofu and tempeh.

Indonesia may struggle to deliver on new US farm import promises: traders

Jakarta could direct the state-owned animal feed importer to buy larger volumes to please the US

India is the world’s biggest producer and consumer of pulses and also imports them from nations including Canada, Australia, and Myanmar.

US says trade deal with India to include concessions on pulses

Farmers are one of the most influential voting blocs in the South Asian nation

Established in 1969 under the Bien Hoa Sugar brand, AgriS manages a circular value chain ecosystem spanning nearly 91,000 ha of sugar cane and 30,000 ha of coconut plantations across Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Australia.

Vietnam sugar giant AgriS leverages Australian agronomy expertise to advance agritech across Asean

The deal with Queensland-based Farmacist aims to commercialise high-tech agricultural solutions at scale