Today (and yesterday too) my uncle and I went to harvest the oil palm at Serdang (there is another Serdang town in Bandar Baharu District, Kedah). Oil palm bunches reach commercial size and productivity beginning at three years old. However they may start fruiting before that age but the fruit bunches are usually discarded as they are of no commercial value. Nevertheless some traders may buy it. Here in Parit Nibong, there is one. The bunches are weighted via a weighing ramp (the transport vehicle will be weighted with and without the bunches). The result: 290kg of fruit bunches being bought at RM500 per tonne. Not bad for a two-morning's work.
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