The Indonesian government has introduced domestic sales rules for palm oil companies following its month-long temporary export ban on palm and palm oil products, according to a trade ministry regulation document reported by Reuters.

The UK government has introduced a bill to pave the way for genetically edited plants and animals to be grown and raised for food in England, The BBC reported.

Ukraine's spring crop sowing campaign reached 12.64M ha or 89% of the planned area as of 26 May, AgriCensus reported the country's agriculture ministry as saying.

The European Commission (EC) has approved two genetically engineered (GE) crops – one for soyabean and one for corn/maize – for food and animal feed, the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) wrote.

The government of India will allow duty-free imports of 2M tonnes of both crude soyabean oil and crude sunflower oil for the current and next fiscal year to March 2024 in a bid to control local prices, Reuters reported.

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published a risk assessment saying the herbicide ingredient glyphosate does not cause cancer in humans, Politico reported.

Russian president Vladimir Putin has said that Russia was prepared to allow “unhindered” grain exports from Ukraine ports in coordination with Turkey, Reuters reported from a Kremlin account of talks between Putin and Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan.

Bioenergy products development company SGP BioEnergy has announced it is set to develop a hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facility in Panama.

The European Parliament’s environment committee (ENVI) has voted to limit crop-based biofuels to no more than half the share of total biofuel use in transport and to phase out palm and soya-based biofuels by 2023, EU Bioenergy reported.

The government of Thailand is set to remove cannabis and hemp from the country’s narcotics list, Eco Business reported, making it the first Southeast Asian country to do so.

Dutch bio-technology company Caffe Inc has announced a partnership with the Amsterdam Climate and Energy Fund (ACEF) to build a recycling plant for coffee waste in Amsterdam.

The Chinese government has lifted its ban on canola imports from two of Canada’s largest exporters, three years after it suspended their licences amid escalating tensions between the two countries, The Globe and Mail reported.

Global agribusiness giant Cargill is set to build a new soyabean processing plant in Missouri, USA, the company announced.