STA Resources manages 13 oil palm plantations situated in North Sumatera, South Sumatera, West Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan. The company also manages plasma plantations in cooperation with smallholders.
In line with the group’s mission, STA Resources always enacts the best agronomy practices in order to increase productivity and efficiency from planting up to harvesting.
By 2021, the group’s average output of fresh fruit bunches was 22.8 MT per hectare. This yield is projected to constantly increase over the upcoming years with continuous operational upgrades and young palm trees entering productive maturity stage.
Plantations
Palm Oil Mill Effluent Management - Empty Fruit Bunch and POME
Palm Oil Mills produce large amounts of Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) and Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME). We apply these waste to the fields. These effluents are organic in nature containing Macro and micro nutrients which enriches the soil.
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
IPM, is about controlling Plant Destructing Organisms with an ecological approach. Turnera Subulata, Antigonon Leptopus and Cassia Cabanensis are Beneficial Plants which attract predators of Nettle caterpillars and bagworms. Tyto Alba (Barn Owl) - Predates on rats. Bacillus Thuringiensis - a type of bacteria used to treat tirathaba bunch pest.
Mechanization
STA Resources applies mechanization system to promote operational effectiveness and efficiency which we perform this system on Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) collection, fertilizer application and also on construction and desilting process of drains.