The European Commission (EC) will propose the farm-to-fork strategy as formal legislation following the European Parliament’s vote to adopt it, Olive Oil Times reported on 8 November.

All rail services at Canada’s Port of Vancouver had been cut off due to storm flooding and landslides in British Colombia, Freight Waves wrote on 16 November.

The European Union (EU) is proposing an import ban on palm oil and other products linked to deforestation,The Guardian reported on 17 November.

Indian surfactant companies place sustainability at the top of their concerns as the pandemic turns a corner in the country and consumption is set to rise, according to a new report by Independent Commodity Intelligence Services (ICIS).

Agriculture organisations in the USA have welcomed the passing of the Infrastructure and Jobs Act to modernise the US transportation system, following weeks of debate and delays, World Grain reported on 8 November.

The government of Colombia has formed a strategic alliance with process technology and project development company Alder Fuels, the company announced on 9 November.

German chemical giant Bayer raised its sales outlook for the year after returning to profit in third quarter 2021 against a backdrop of US lawsuits involving its Roundup weedkiller, the Times of Malta wrote on 9 November.

The EU-27’s sunflowerseed harvest in 2021 was 14% larger than the previous year and a 10% increase on the long-term average, according to estimates reported by Germany’s Union for the Promotion of Oil and Protein Plants (UFOP).

The European Compound Feed Manufacturers’ Federation (FEFAC) and the International Trade Centre (ITC) have announced that three more responsible soya schemes would be available to the European feed market after passing independent benchmarking processes.

Food processing company Capitol Foods has opened a cocoa processing factory in Sierra Leone – a first for the West African country, African Business reported on 2 November.

Italian oil and gas company Eni has been exploring biofuel production opportunities in Mozambique, Eni announced on 5 November.

Global vegetable oil prices hit an all-time high in October, according to the benchmark United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Food Price Index released on 4 November.

Biofuel demand is expected to halve by 2050, according to a new report by RaboResearch announced on 3 November.