The Green Bison soya processing facility in Spiritwood is expected to begin crushing and processing soyabeans in the next few weeks.

Low water levels in the US Mississippi waterway are continuing to create problems for the country’s Gulf export hub, which is a key source of soyabean and corn exports, trade sources told AgriCensus.

Global agribusiness giant Cargill has submitted a binding offer to acquire three soyabean crushing plants and four warehouses in Brazil from privately-owned soyabean crusher Granol, World Grain wrote.

Finnish renewable fuels producer Neste has partnered with Japanese brewer and distiller Suntory, leading Asian energy company ENEOS and Japanese energy group Mitsubishi Corporation to produce polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles from renewable Neste RE on a commercial scale.

Canada is supporting the USA in opposing Mexico’s ban on the use of genetically modified (GM) corn for food use, due to come into force next year.

The Malaysian palm oil industry will benefit from the UK’s entry into the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), according to an analyst quoted by The Star.

A Nibulon grain warehouse near Odessa, Ukraine, was damaged by a Russian drone attack on 23 August, the company said on its website on the day of the strike.

Leading Brazilian food and fuel processor Caramuru Alimentos – one of the country’s largest grain crushing companies – has started selling soyabean-based ethanol at one of its plants, AGWeb reported.

Researchers from the Delhi-based National Institute of Plant Genome Research of the Department of Biotechnology have developed a rapeseed mustard variety to yield a bland oil with insect-repelling compounds using genome editing (GE) technology, BQ Prime wrote.

Around 55% of total cropland in the USA was planted with varieties having at least one genetically modified (GM) trait in 2020, according to data published by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported by World Grain on 23 August.

The Turkish government has re-introduced olive oil export restrictions, according to a report by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Mexico would not make any further changes to a decree on genetically modified (GM) corn despite ongoing objections from the USA, Mexican economy minister Raquel Buenrostro told Reuters.

Global oilseed prices increased in July after months of declines – notably for sunflowerseed – due to uncertainty over Black Sea shipments and new crop supplies looking tight ahead of harvest, World Grain reported.