Rapeseed and soyabean prices have hit record highs, Biofuels Digest reported Germany’s Union for the Promotion of Oil and Protein Plants (UFOP) as saying.

Farmers in Argentina are shifting from cereal crops to soyabeans amid rising fertiliser prices, World Grain reported from a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) report on 29 April.

Global agribusiness giant ADM has reported strong first quarter results with the company’s ag services and oilseed sector delivering a substantially higher year-on-year performance.

A new biorefinery pilot plant is set to be launched in Thailand by a joint venture between the National Science and Technology Bio Base Europe Plant (BBEPP), in Belgium, and the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), in Thailand, the partners announced.

A Panamax bulk carrier has been loaded with Ukrainian corn in the Romanian port of Constanta – the first shipment from Ukraine since the Russian invasion began, AgriCensus wrote.

Global agribusiness giant Archers Daniels Midland (ADM) has announced it is opening a new Protein Innovation Center in Decatur, Illinois, USA.

Canada’s Saskatchewan province has sold land at its inland port to global agribusiness giant Cargill for a canola crushing plant, the Saskatoon Star Phoenix reported.

A collaboration between leading renewable diesel producer Neste, French fuel supplier Altens and pipeline company TRAPIL has delivered up to 3.5M litres of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) by pipeline in Europe, Neste announced.

German chemical and biotech giant BASF has announced the launch of a bio-based surfactant made from soya protein.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published a proposed rule to approve Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) pathways for renewable diesel, jet fuel, heating oil, naphtha and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) produced from canola/rapeseed oil, Biomass magazine reported.

Soyabean yields in Uruguay are exceeding expectations due to well-timed rainfall, according to a report by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), while planted area is forecast to expand.

A total of 61,007 tonnes of vegetable oils were exported by rail from Ukraine last month, AgriCensus reported.

Brazil is expected to slow its expansion of soyabean planting in 2022/23, according to a report from the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).