Global agricultural commodity company Viterra is planning to expand its canola crush capacity with a new facility in Saskatchewan, Canada, World Grain reported on 27 April.

International energy company ExxonMobil has expanded its five-year renewable fuels agreement with biofuel developer Global Clean Energy Holdings (GCEH), the companies announced on 22 April.

Soyabean production is recovering from drought challenges and flat demand in the 2020/21 marketing year, World Grain quoted from a US Department of Agriculture (USDA) report.

US agribusiness giant Cargill has entered into a 50/50 joint venture with the family-owned Love’s group of companies to produce renewable diesel, the companies announced on 20 April.

A new process by Austrian plant manufacturer BDI-BioEnergy (BDI) has been approved for the safe disposal of high-risk fat material, the company announced on 20 April.

US energy company Phillips 66 has secured feedstock for its renewable fuels projects following its investment in a new soyabean processing plant in Iowa, the company announced on 20 April.

Leading agribusiness Cargill is planning to invest US$25M on increasing production at its soyabean processing plant in Fayetteville, World Grain reported on 22 April.

Multinational airline company International Airlines Group (IAG) has made a commitment to fly 10% of its fleet with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 2030, the company announced on 22 April.

Global agribusiness giant Cargill is planning to build a new canola processing facility in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, the company announced on 22 April.

Biodiesel trials for two vessels in India have been successful while a biofuel bunkering trial in Singapore delivered a positive result.

Canadian National Railway (CN) has made a bid for Kansas City Southern (KCS) to create the first US-Canada-Mexico rail network following an earlier agreement by Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) to buy KCS, World Grain reported on 21 April.

Import duties on soyabeans, meal and oil have been suspended in Brazil until the end of the year, Reuters reported the country’s agriculture ministry as saying on 19 April.

A drop in 2020 biodiesel imports to the European Union (EU) from Malaysia and Indonesia followed a sharp decline in imports from Argentina the previous year, Germany’s Union for the Promotion of Oil and Protein Plants (UFOP) reported from Eurostat/AMI data.