PETALING JAYA: Increasing cost pressures warrant planters to further boost their yields, and this move could also improve profits significantly, says Maybank Investment Bank (Maybank IB) Research.
The research house in its latest report said the operating cost per mature ha for regional planters has risen since the financial year 2014 (FY14).
“It was gradually initially, but more rapidly in the past two years due to higher wages and higher fertiliser cost with a lagged impact,” it added.
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