Global agribusiness giant Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) has opened a new port terminal in Argentina as part of its overall investment plan to enhance its oilseed and grain operations in the country.

South Korean chemical company LG Chem and Enilive – a subsidiary of Italian energy multinational Eni – have announced that work has started on the construction of Korea’s first hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO)/sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant.

A new study by an international research team looked into the sustainability profiles of three major vegetable oils – palm oil from Malaysia, soyabean oil from Brazil and rapeseed oil from Germany, PhysOrg wrote.

Ukrainian agribusiness Kernel Holding’s trans-shipment volumes increased by 36% in 2025 compared to the previous year despite stable export volumes, World Grain wrote.

Global agribusiness giant ADM’s earnings fell in the second quarter of 2025 against a backdrop of ongoing trade policy uncertainty and lower commodity prices, World Grain wrote.

The Indonesian government has announced plans to prioritise wheat and soyabean imports from the USA as part of a trade agreement aimed at reducing tariffs and establishing new agricultural trade channels between the two nations, UkrAgroConsult wrote.

The European Union (EU) will harvest approximately 18.5M tonnes of rapeseed in 2025, according to the latest European Commission (EC) data reported by Germany’s Union for the Promotion of Plants and Protein (UFOP).

The Indonesian government’s crackdown on illegal forest use deepens land inequality by disproportionately impacting indigenous communities and smallholders while overlooking large corporations, according to civil society groups quoted by Mongabay.

The USA and China have extended a pause on higher reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, just hours before a previous delay on duties was set to expire, FreightWaves reported.

Ukrainian sunflower oil exports totalled 2.407M tonnes, with revenues of US$2.77bn, from January-June 2025, according to data from the country’s State Customs Service reported by APK Inform, citing the press service of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

Latvia’s first hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO)/sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facility is under construction at the Port of Riga, Biofuels Digest reported.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Italian energy multinational Eni have signed a €500M (US$583.8) 15-year finance agreement to support the conversion of Eni’s Livorno refinery in Tuscany into a biorefinery.

Indonesian exports of crude palm oil (CPO) and its derivatives surged by 24.81% year-on-year in the first half of 2025, according to official statistics reported by the Jakarta Globe.