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.

Agroforestry and research company Investancia has signed a HVO feedstock deal with agro energy firm ECB Group that will involve the planting of 50M pongamia trees in Paraguay, ECB Group announced on 23 February.

Global tank storage company Royal Vopak announced on 17 February that it is investing in storage of waste-based feedstocks for the production of biofuels such as biodiesel and bio-jet-fuel in the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Global agribusiness giant Cargill has partnered with tanker company Maersk Tankers to launch a new bunker procurement service, Cargill announced on 23 February.

Spanish-based pharmaceutical company Noventure is launching a drinkable omega-3 oil sachet after signing an agreement with Azur, NutritionInsight reported on 18 February.

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) announced on 26 February that its Latin American members had produced 1.5M tonnes of Certified Sustainable Palm Oil (CSPO).

Surging soyabean prices and a lack of local supply is leading Ukraine to turn to imports, AgriCensus reported market sources as saying on 23 February.

German chemical giant Bayer posted a sharp loss in 2020 following the legal battles it has faced over its Roundup weedkiller, the Jakarta Post reported on 25 February.

Global food and beverage giant PepsiCo is exiting the Indonesian snack market after more than 30 years following the sale of its stake in joint venture company Indofood Fritolay, Food Business Africa reported on 21 February.