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Ladang Amgreen, Sarawak
The mature areas at the Group’s
Ladang Amgreen in Miri, Sarawak
has reached approximately 1,648
hectares (FYE2018: 822 hectares)
and is expected to increase by
another 3,066 hectares in this
current financial year as more areas
are declared mature. While we have
achieved our targets on this front,
the estate’s yield performance
came in below our expectations
and so the estate’s immediate
focus for this current financial year
will be on improving agronomic
standards of the fields in order to
achieve better yields and output.
On this note, management has
decided to reign back on its plans
to build a palm oil mill and will
review this decision once the
estate’s yield performance reaches
satisfactory levels and market
conditions improve.
The estate is undertaking a
number of initiatives to improve
its operational performance. One
such initiative is the adoption of
the ‘bin system’ for a more efficient
FFB loading and evacuation that
minimizes manual handling thus
retaining the quality of the crops.
This system requires minimal
infrastructure infield and consists
of bins and a hook lift mechanism
attached to a tractor.
Ladang Kota Tinggi, Ladang Ayer
Baloi and Ladang Ayer Hitam, Johor
FFB production of our 3 Johor
estates have improved by 4.4% to
18,708 MT, (FYE2018: 17,912 MT) due
to an increase in mature area from
875 hectares to 981 hectares. An
average yield per mature hectare of
20.56 MT was recorded during the
year (FYE2018: 21.11 MT per mature
hectare), with the highest yield
recorded by Ladang Ayer Hitam of
25.17 MT per mature hectare. Main
focus areas for this current financial
year will be on improving the
yields at Ladang Kota Tinggi and
Ladang Ayer Baloi through better
agronomic practices.
Ladang Cendana, Kemaman,
Terengganu
As at 31 March 2019, Ladang
Cendana’s mature areas totalled 117
hectares (FYE2018: 28 hectares).
In tandem, volume of FFB
harvested increased to 1,147 MT
from 158 MT last year. The estate
has again encountered incidences
of elephants raiding the estate’s
crops resulting in damage to
approximately 1,445 young palms.
This figure is however significantly
lower than 17,000 palms that were
damage last year. A patrol team
which was constituted during
the year to monitor elephant
movement around the clock has
helped reduce the severity of the
encroachments due to the early
detection and increased field
guarding actions. Be that as it may,
all damaged palms have to be
replaced and in turn, will inevitably
cause delays before they can be
harvested.
Ladang Bunga Tanjong, Jeli,
Kelantan
Rehabilitation works on 457
hectares at Ladang Bunga Tanjong
have been completed and we
anticipated that the estate will
commence harvesting in this
current financial year. Replanting
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