The Indonesian government plans to reclaim millions more hectares of land that it believes are being used illegally in 2026, according to a report by The Edge Malaysia citing a Bloomberg article.

The Indian government remains undecided on genetically engineered (GE) crops and products derived from biotechnology due to legal and political challenges, according to a US Department of Agriculture (USDA) report.

The Greenstock pre-treatment (GPF) facility project in Amsterdam led by energy storage and infrastructure company VTTI and renewable feedstocks trader Connex has entered the front-end engineering design (FEED) phase.

Negotiations over the sale of Panama Canal port facilities and other operations have stalled as China seeks a controlling interest as a condition of the deal, FreightWaves reported.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) expects to issue a final rule setting renewable fuel volume obligations (RVOs) for 2026 and 2027 during the first quarter of 2026, according to a S&P Global report citing a 15 December filing with the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.

Global chocolate and cocoa manufacturer Barry Callebaut is in the early stages of exploring the separation of its global cocoa unit from the rest of the group, according to a Reuters report citing three sources familiar with the matter.

Soyabean production in the EU-27 is expected to fall slightly short of the previous year’s level in 2025, according to an updated estimate by the European Commission (EC) reported by Germany’s Union for the Promotion of Plants and Protein (UFOP).

Argentine soyabean exports in 2025/26 are forecast at 8.3M tonnes – the highest level in six years – while products are expected to decline, according to a US Department of Agriculture (USDA) report.

US President Donald Trump is considering ending the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and negotiating a new agreement while major industry groups are pushing for it to be renewed for another full 16-year term, according to a FreightWaves report.

The Pakistan government has authorised imports of genetically engineered (GE) canola and soyabeans in 2025/26 to meet domestic crushing demand in the face of limited production, according to a US Department Agriculture (USDA) report.

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has maintained its 2025/26 outlook for soyabean oil use in biofuel production at 15.5bn pounds (7M tonnes) in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report.

The European Parliament has voted to delay and simplify the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), Reuters reported.

Extra war risk insurance (EWRI) for Russian Black Sea ports has increased, UkrAgroConsult reported.