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REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SLEMAN -- Sleman Millennial Farmers, together with the Sleman Horticultural Farmers Association (PPHPM), Sleman Regency, Special Region of Yogyakarta, and Indonesia Chili Champion, have carried out the first export of one variety of chili to Japan, amounting to nine tons. "The first chili export of around nine tons to Japan was carried out a few days ago (7/8) and in the future we will also try to market it to several countries in Asia and the Middle East," said Director of Sleman Millennial Farmers Ardhi Prasetyo in Sleman, Monday. According to him, this step, besides bringing in foreign exchange for the country, is also a strategy to keep the domestic chili price above the break-even point (BEP), so that farmers do not incur losses amid the collapse of prices in the market. "Recently, the price of chili has fallen close to the BEP. We do not want the farmers to suffer losses, so we take the step of buying chili above the BEP to then market it abroad," he said. ...

The import of soybean meal into Indonesia is growing amid increased demand for feed. This month, soybean meal imports into Indonesia increased by 200,000 metric tons, bringing the total volume of imports in the 2024/25 MY (October-September) to 6.2 million tons, which is 1.1 million tons more than in the 2023/24 MY. The poultry and aquaculture sectors in Indonesia use soybean meal as the main raw material for feed production, and as domestic demand for protein increases, soybean meal imports are expected to grow simultaneously (see Post report1). In the 2023/24 year, soybean meal imports decreased as Indonesia's compound feed industry faced the need to discard products and high raw material costs, which led to a decrease in demand. Until 2022/23, Argentina was consistently the largest supplier of soybean meal to Indonesia. That year, Argentina experienced a drought, which led to a reduction in soybean meal production and exports by more than 20 percent. During the same period, ...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – Mohammad Faisal, Executive Director of the Center of Reform on Economics (CORE) Indonesia, assesses that Indonesia's strategic position as the gateway for major U.S. agricultural products in Southeast Asia has the potential to bring negative impacts on the sustainability of domestic food farming businesses. The entry of imported corn and soybeans at prices lower than domestic prices is expected to reduce the incentive for local farmers to plant these two commodities. “While the government has already set self-sufficiency for staple agricultural commodities, including corn and soybeans,” said Faisal in CORE Insight titled “High Cost of Tariff Negotiations” in Jakarta, Monday (11/8/2025). Faisal explained that the U.S. agricultural sector is currently facing a crisis due to an uncertain global market, a consequence of the Trump era tariff war. Throughout 2024–2025, the bankruptcy of small U.S. farmers surged by up to 57 percent. In the first semester of ...