Telangana: Oilpalm bunch processing grows 44.6 per cent in 2025-26
The Telangana State Co-operative Oilseeds Growers Federation Limited paid ₹1,100 crore to farmers for oilpalm bunches during the last financial year.
The Telangana State Co-operative Oilseeds Growers Federation Limited (TG-Oilfed) achieved a 44.6 per cent growth rate in processing fresh fruit bunches (FFBs) of oilpalm during 2025-26, according to The Hindu.
Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao said on Sunday that TG-Oilfed processed 4,73,997 tonnes of FFBs in 2025-26, up from 3,27,803 tonnes in 2024-25. The federation made payments of ₹1,100 crore to farmers during the last financial year.
The net production of raw palmoil reached 33,182 tonnes in 2025-26, compared to 22,788 tonnes in the previous year. On average, farmers received ₹23,100 per tonne for oilpalm bunches.
New processing plants at Apparaopet and Narmetta processed 1.5 lakh tonnes of FFBs with an oil extraction rate of 19.62 per cent. The minister stated the government is planning to establish an oilpalm refinery in the state for the first time.
The minister noted that the monthly processing during 2025-26 reached 50,150 tonnes, while the highest monthly processing in 2024-25 was 39,840 tonnes. Palm kernel oil production reached 5,853 tonnes, up from 5,075 tonnes.
The government will supply seedlings to farmers for oilpalm plantation in phases from November to March this financial year. The supply includes 10.99 lakh seedlings in November and 6.19 lakh in December.