China’s health authority detected irregularities in 80% of shipments of Uruguayan soyabeans during inspections in 2025, ambito reported.

Italian textile manufacturer Brugnoli has developed a fabric derived from up to 89% renewable sources, including castor oil, World Bio Markets Insights wrote.

Spanish vegetable oil company Lípidos Santiga (LIPSA) and Philippine agribusiness Dumaguete Coconut Mills (DUCOM) have become the first companies to be verified under the Sustainable Coconut Charter.

Argentine agribusiness Molinos Agro is working in alliance with local agricultural technology company Ucrop to measure the Scope 3 carbon footprint of its soyabeans, according to an Ecobiz report.

Egyptian soyabean imports in 2026/27 are forecast to rise to 5.2M tonnes – a 4% increase – due to higher feed demand from the poultry, livestock and aquaculture industries, according to a report by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Indonesia will go ahead with its 50% palm-oil based biodiesel (B50) programme this year, according to a Reuters report quoting the country’s President Prabowo Subianto.

The European Union (EU) imported the lowest volume of soyabeans in three years between July 2025 and mid-March 2026, Germany’s Union for the Promotion of Plants and Protein (UFOP) reports.

Scientists from St Petersburg State University have developed a new magnetic catalyst for use in the production of biodiesel from soyabean oil.

The Iranian Parliament’s Security Commission has backed a plan to introduce tolls for vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz – the key shipping corridor through which around a fifth of global oil supply flows – and ban American and Israeli ships, The Star reports.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued its highest ever biofuel quotas for 2026 and 2027, in a bid to boost domestic oil and feedstock.

The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) is pushing back against a proposal by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr to suspend the mandatory inclusion of local feedstocks in the country’s biodiesel blend, saying the move would impact farmers’ livelihoods and derail long-term industrial investments.

Consumer goods giant Unilever has agreed a US$44.8bn deal to merge its food business with US-based spice and seasoning company McCormick.

A number of research projects have highlighted the benefits of adding flaxseed and oil to pet food, PetfoodIndustry wrote.