Used cooking oil (UCO) collection and recycling company Quatra has signed a deal to supply French energy and petroleum company TotalEnergies with 60,000 tonnes/year of UCO for the production of biodiesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

The Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) is developing a new clause to support biofuel use in time charters.

Green project development company GreenSinnergy and clean fuels company Axens have signed an agreement to explore sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) projects in Argentina and across Latin America.

The European Union (EU) has reached a deal to make detergents and surfactants safer and more sustainable, EuChemS magazine reported.

The Argentine government has approved the use of pure biofuels in the shipping sector, Latin American news agency BNamericas reported.

Rapeseed and sunflowerseed production in Bulgaria is expected to rebound in 2025/26 – after three consecutive years of hot and dry conditions – due to more favourable weather and an increased planted area, according to a report by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

US President Donald Trump has cut off trade talks with Canada due to what he described as an "egregious tax" on tech companies, the BBC reported.

Australia’s rapeseed production in 2025/26 is expected to be impacted by drought, according to forecasts by the Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) reported by Germany’s Union for the Promotion of Plants and Protein (UFOP).

Belgian start-up AmphiStar has partnered with US surfactants producer Kensing to bring biosurfactants to the North American personal care market.

Leading Ukrainian agribusiness Nibulon has signed a contract with the Port of Chornomorsk for the trans-shipment of up to 1M tonnes of agricultural products in preparation for the 2025/26 marketing year.

The DeLong Co, a US exporter of containerised agricultural products, has begun work on its new export facility in Portsmouth, Virginia.

Global oilseed production is forecast to continue growing, potentially reaching a record 695.9M tonnes, mainly due to an expected increase in soyabean output, according to a new report by the United Nations (UN)’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Global energy company Moeve – formerly known as Cepsa – has reached a strategic agreement with Spanish shipping company Armas Trasmediterránea to supply second-generation (2G) marine biofuels in the Canary Islands.