Global agribusiness giant Cargill has acquired an edible oil refinery in southern India, the company announced on 30 November.

The Supreme Court of Mexico has made two announcements that protect the human right to corn biodiversity in a country where the indigenous crop has become a main diet staple, Resilience reported on 8 December.

The Indian government has rejected calls to extend the arrival deadline for shipments of genetically modified (GM) soya meal beyond 31 January, AgriCensus reported local press reports as saying on 13 December.

Biofuel consumption in the European Union (EU) is set to fall by 2031 due to road transport moving away from fossil fuels, while tighter environmental regulation will lead to a drop in palm oil imports, according to the European Commission (EC) 2021/2031 Agricultural Outlook.

Worldwide bioplastics production is expected to more than triple within the next five years, according to new data compiled by bioplastics association European Bioplastics (EUBP) in cooperation with the Nova Institute in Germany.

Growing demand for biomass-based diesel advanced biofuels can be met with projected supply of lipid feedstocks until 2030 without affecting food resources, according to a new study commissioned by the Advanced Biofuels Association (ABFA).

Soyabean processing volumes in Brazil were forecast to hold up until at least the first half of next year despite the blow to the sector following the government’s decision to leave the country’s biodiesel mandate at 10%, trade sources told AgriCensus.

The bio-content of Indonesia’s palm oil-based biodiesel will need to be increased to 40% by 2024 to meet the country’s renewable energy targets, Reuters reported a senior official as saying on 1 December.

Australian-based Sherdar Australia Bio Refinery, a speciality company of TransAsia Minerals, is planning to develop a renewable diesel processing and storage plant in the country, Macau Business wrote on 6 December.

Leading Indian consumer goods company Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) has replaced coal use in its operations with biomass and biodiesel, the company announced on 2 December.

Global agribusiness giant Cargill has committed its complete edible oils portfolio to the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) best practice on industrially-produced trans-fatty acids (iTFAs), the company announced on 6 December.

A research team from Portugal and Spain has shown that compounds from olive oil waste could be used in cosmetic products.

Multinational oil and gas firm ExxonMobil has teamed up with privately-held biotechnology firm Viridos – previously known as Synthetic Genomics – to produce biofuel from algae, Viridos announced on 19 November.