Old Trees and Ageing Farmers Worsen Outlook for Top Palm Oil Exporters By Ashley Tang, Naveen Thukral and Bernadette Christina PONTIAN, Malaysia (Reuters) -Malaysian farmer Suratmen Mosman faces a ...

Across swaths of Southeast Asia, maturing palm oil trees, some as tall as a 12-story building, are turning into a multibillion-dollar headache for local farmers, regional governments and consumers ...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 14 (Reuters) - When palm oil prices soared to record highs last year, a Malaysian estate manager surnamed Lim postponed replanting his old, unproductive trees for a third ...

PONTIAN, Malaysia (Reuters) -Malaysian farmer Suratmen Mosman faces a dilemma that threatens to sap supply from the world's top palm oil exporters and drive up prices of the vegetable oil essential to ...