A new £50M (US$65.77M) biofuel plant is set to be built in Kent, the UK, after being granted planning permission, according to a Biofuels International report.

US-based biotech research company Future Origins – a joint venture majority-owned by industrial biotech firm Geno – has scaled up production of its zero-deforestation ingredient for surfactants, Personal Care Insights wrote.

US food and drink giant PepsiCo has launched a regenerative agriculture programme in Brazil’s Cerrado region in collaboration with local partners Griffith Foods and Milhão.

Global vegetable oil prices rose in October, according to the benchmark United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Food Price Index (FFPI) released on 7 November.

Global agribusiness giant Bunge announced mixed third quarter results – its first quarter operating as a combined company following its US$8.2bn merger with Viterra, and its first since changing its segment and volume reporting to align with its new operating structure, World Grain wrote.

Sunflowerseed production in the European Union (EU) is expected to be its third lowest volume in a decade in 2025, according to EU Commission (EC) estimates reported by Germany’s Union for the Promotion of Plants and Protein (UFOP).

Global agribusiness giant ADM has cut its full-year outlook due to lower crushing margins and regulatory uncertainty in the biofuels sector, World Grain reported.

Indian palm oil imports dropped to a five-month low in October, CEO Morning Brief reported from a Reuters article quoting five traders.

US Supreme Court justices have heard oral arguments in two lawsuits over President Donald Trump’s tariffs on many US imports, Reuters reported.

The USA has suspended port fees on China-built cargo ships docking at American ports for one year, FreightWaves reported.

CPM Crown – a division of process equipment and technology supplier CPM Holdings – has developed alcohol-based solvent extraction technology for oilseed processors as an alternative to traditional hexane-based extraction.

European biodiesel markets face potential restructuring following policy discussions in Germany and the Netherlands that could significantly alter how advanced biofuels are counted towards renewable energy targets, Vesper wrote.

Global agribusiness company Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) has opened a new speciality feed protein production line in Tianjin, China.