| News This section provides news, updates and issues currently affecting the oilseeds, oils and fats and groundnut sections. SURVEY ON SETTLEMENT METHODOLOGY FOR CBOT AGRICULTURAL FUTURES The CME Group recently launched a worldwide industry survey, giving market participants the opportunity to help determine the future path for grain/oilseed settlement mechanisms. FOSFA members involved in these agricultural markets are invited to take part in this survey (all responses are anonymous). Please click here to access the survey. SHORT TERM FORECASTING - PALM & LAURIC OIL PRICE OUTLOOK Paper entitled "Short Term Forecasting - Palm & Lauric Oil Price Outlook" given by Dorab E Mistry, Director of Godrej International Limited, at a GAPKI Indonesian Palm Oil Conference 2009, held in Bali in December. GLOBOIL INDIA 2009 Paper entitled "Palm Oil Price Outlook to Spring 2010" given by Dorab E Mistry, Director of Godrej International Limited, at the this year's Globoil held in India. SOY FARMING STANDARDS FEED SUSTAINABILITY DEBATE Article entitled "Soy Farming Standards Feed Sustainability Debate" written by Michael Kepp and recently published in EcoAmericas (www.ecoamericas.com) which is now in its 10th year and dedicated to the ongoing, independent coverage of Latin American environmental developments and trends. JATROPHA Jatropha has been highlighted in many biofuels articles in the trade press as being potentially the feedstock for biodiesel. FOSFA has collated information from the internet to better inform our readership of the characteristics, growing conditions and some indications of the potential in this field. To read more, click here. The FOSFA Council has elected to engage with Jatropha and form a Jatropha Interest Group. Interested parties should click here for further details. FOOD VERSUS FUEL Article entitled "Food Versus Fuel", written by Neil Eisberg of the Society of Chemical Industry, looks behind the rhetoric of the battle lines being drawn between supporters of crop production for food and animal feed and energy crops for biofuels. REVISIONS TO MARPOL ANNEX II Intertanko have issued a book to their members entitled "The Revisions to MARPOL Annex II - A Practical Guide", which may also be of interest to FOSFA shipping members. To access a copy of this Guide, click here. 
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