The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has missed its statutory deadline to set 2021 renewable volume obligations (RVOs) under the country’s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), Ethanol Producer reported on 30 November.

US confectionery giant Hershey has defended itself after West African countries Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire cancelled cocoa sustainable schemes run by the company, Just Food reported on 2 December.

A new study shows that supplementing statin-treated patients with omega-3 does not reduce their risk of major heart problems, NutraIngredients reported on 18 November.

Soyabean and soya oil imports are now being accepted in Brazil for biodiesel production following a resolution by the country’s national energy council, Biodiesel magazine reported on 24 November.

Global shipping and logistics company CMA CGM Group is offering a new service to help customers make their cargo carbon neutral, the company announced on 17 November.

Romanian energy company OMV Petrom has increased the bio-blending capacity at its Petrobrazi facility, the company announced on 18 November.

Policy changes are needed in Indonesia so the country can keep up subsidies to its biodiesel programme, Reuters reported the head of a government agency as saying on 2 December.

The premium enjoyed by Brazilian soyabean oil over its Argentine counterpart has been lost following the government’s decision to allow soya oil imports as a feedstock for biodiesel, AgriCensus reported on 19 November.

Soyabean oil usage in biodiesel is set to increase until 2030, according to predictions by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported by Biodiesel magazine on 9 November.

US oil refining firm Continental Refining Company (CRC) is set to convert its Somerset oil refinery to process soyabeans and produce biofuels, the company announced on 18 November.

The forecast expansion of Uruguay’s soyabean planted area for the 2020/21 crop cycle could be put at risk by the lack of rain in some regions of north Uruguay, an official at the country’s agriculture ministry told AgriCensus on 20 November.

A new report says younger consumers are losing their fear of fat, Food Business News reported on 17 November.

A surge in global and Chinese demand would deplete stock levels and drive a clash between the soyabean and corn sectors, AgriCensus quoted Bunge’s former CEO Soren Schroder as saying in a report on 18 November.