BATANGHARI, Indonesia — In a sweltering oil palm field in Batanghari village, Rokani fixes a sickle to an 11-meter (36-foot) pole and begins cutting down bunches of fruit from the treetops. If he can harvest 1 ton of oil palm fruit, Rokani, 58, will be paid 250,000 rupiah ($17). “If the fruit is no good … Continue reading Sumatran farmers worry as government halts palm oil fertilizer subsidies