Over the last seven years, a declining trend in the OER has been observed and it has caused great concern to the oil palm industry. The decline of 1.24% in the national yearly average OER was recorded between the years 1988 to 1994. For Peninsular Malaysia, the total drop during the period was 1.36%. However, […]

The recent decline in Oil Extraction Rate (OER) was attributed to be caused by a multitude of factors. They range from uncontrollable factors like climate to aging of palms, field management and finally to inefficient milling process. Many of these factors are beyond the control of the mill engineers, the chief responsibility of the mill […]