The US coastguard has reopened a section of the Mississippi River that had been closed for several days due to a large crack in a bridge, World Grain reported on 17 May.

Kansas City Southern (KCS) has said that an offer from Canadian National Railway (CN) to acquire the business is a “superior proposal” to one originally put forward by Canadian Pacific (CP), World Grain reported on 14 May.

US coconut water brand Vita Coco has launched a new haircare range featuring products containing coconut oil and water.

Spain’s olive oil exports to the UK dropped 35% in the first two months of this year compared to the same period last year, Olive Oil Times reported the country’s Union of Farmers and Livestock Unions as saying on 10 May.

The inclusion of soyabean and linseed oils in the diet of dairy cows improves milk quality, according to new research reported by news service ScienceX on 7 May.

The physical trading pits of global derivatives and commodities exchange CME Group that have been closed since last year due to COVID-19 will not reopen, the company announced on 4 May.

Global agribusiness giant ADM is planning to build a new soyabean processing plant in North Dakota, the company announced on 10 May.

German food processing technology supplier GEA has been commissioned by a leading French dairy and beverage producer to build a plant for processing soya, oats and rice, the company announced on 29 April.

Global agribusiness giant Bunge has partnered with South American logistics and technology company Target to launch a digitised truck freight hiring company in Brazil, the companies announced on 6 May.

Imports of biomass-based diesel in the USA have increased for the second consecutive year, Hydrocarbon Engineering reported on 5 May from US Energy Information Administration (EIA) data.

The European Union (EU) Court of Justice has dismissed an appeal by German chemical giant Bayer to overturn its ban on insecticides which have been linked to harming bees, Bloomberg reported on 6 May.

A federal appeals court has upheld a US$25M judgement and trial verdict finding that German chemical giant Bayer’s Roundup weedkiller caused a California resident’s non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Reuters reported on 15 May.

US refining company Continental Refining Company (CRC) is investing a further US$20M in its biodiesel project in Kentucky, the company announced on 28 April.