The Ukrainian government is proposing a package of measures to retailers and sunflower seed crushers in a bid to stabilise domestic prices for bottled sunflower oil, AgriCensus reported on 15 March.

The huge Ever Given container ship blocking the Suez Canal was successfully refloated on 29 March at 15:05 hrs local time, American Shipper reported.

Indonesia’s state-owned energy company PT Pertamina is planning to start the production of diesel and jet fuel entirely from palm oil at its Cilacap refinery by the end of this year, Reuters reported on 6 March.

German chemical and biotech giant BASF has signed biosurfactant agreements with Japan-based Allied Carbon Solutions (ACS) and UK-based Holiferm, the company announced on 10 March.

Export grain elevator Greenfield Louisiana has filed permits to build a 36-silo grain terminal on the west bank of St John the Baptist Parish, World Grain reported on 8 March.

Romania is set to import its first delivery of Argentine sunflower seeds after dry late weather hit crops in the Black Sea region, AgriCensus reported from Argentine data on 9 March.

Record high vegetable oil prices are at or near their peak and the global oils and fats market is likely to see lower prices for the remainder of this year, Oil World executive director Thomas Mielke told the Virtual Price Outlook Conference (POC) 2021 on 24 March.

Plant-based food company Beyond Meat has partnered with several high-profile fast food chains to expand its product range, The Independent reported on 25 February.

The USA and the European Union have agreed to a temporary suspension of retaliatory tariffs reciprocally imposed during their ongoing Boeing/Airbus subsidy dispute, Olive Oil Times reported on 5 March.

Global agribusiness giant Cargill is expanding its soya processing operations across its US network of crush facilities in seven states, Cision News reported the company as saying on 4 March.

German chemical and biotech giant BASF expects to start selling a new insecticide in Australia and Korea by 2023, the company announced on 12 January.

Global agribusiness giant Bunge has launched an initiative to share best practices with grain dealers about the traceability and monitoring of soyabean crops linked to its indirect supply chain in Brazil’s Cerrado region, the company announced on 3 March.

The Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) association is advising butter producers to temporarily stop adding palm oil additives to cattle feed following reports of butter becoming harder to melt, CBC News reported on 25 February.