Global agribusiness giant ADM has agreed to pay the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) US$40M to settle an investigation into intersegment sales.

The CEO of French energy and petroleum company TotalEnergies said he expected the European Union (EU)’s mandate on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to be dropped in the future, Reuters reported.

The Chinese company that operates ports at the Panama Canal will have to give up control after Panama’s Supreme Court ruled the concession was unconstitutional, according to a FreightWaves report citing other media sources.

Soya-derived biofuels should no longer count towards European Union (EU) renewable targets according to European Commission (EC) research confirming they contribute significantly to deforestation, clean transport campaign group Transport & Environment (T&E) says.

At least three soyabean shipments unloaded at the Thai port of Koh Sichang have been unable to clear customs due to uncertainty over import tariff rates and quota allocations, multiple trade sources told Platts, part of S&P Global Energy.

Spain – the world’s leading olive oil producer – has announced new anti-fraud controls to cover the entire olive oil and pomace supply chain, with most measures expected to begin this year, according to an Olive Oil Times report.

Despite an escalation of military attacks on Ukrainian ports and port infrastructure by Russia, there had been no major damage to processing capacities, UkrAgroConsult wrote.

European Union (EU) rapeseed imports declined in 2025 due to increased supplies of the oilseed in the bloc, Germany’s Union for the Promotion of Plants and Protein (UFOP) wrote.

India – the world’s largest vegetable oil buyer – has cancelled more soyabean oil shipments from South America after the rupee’s slump to a record low widened the price gap between local and imported oil, Bloomberg reported.

South America is further to consolidating its share of the global soyabean market in the current crop year, according to a report by Germany’s Union for the Promotion of Plants and Protein (UFOP).

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has set out a plan to restore agricultural capacity in Ukraine.

The plantation sector in Malaysia is expected to face a more challenging operating environment this year, according to a report by The Star.

The US Environmental Protection Agency plans to finalise 2026 biofuel blending quotas by early March, keeping them close to its initial proposal, while dropping a plan to penalise imports of renewable fuels and feedstocks, according to a Reuters report quoting two sources familiar with the plans.