Energy company Acelen has partnered with plant micropropagation research and development specialist MulticanaPlus to develop macaúba as a biofuel feedstock, Biofuels Digest reported on 11 February.

The Indian government is likely to raise vegetable oil import taxes to help support local farmers following a drop in domestic oilseed prices, according to a Telegraph India article citing unnamed government sources quoted in a Reuters report.

Ukraine remains the European Union (EU)’s leading sunflowerseed oil supplier despite a decline in the country’s output compared to the previous year, according to latest European Commission (EC) figures reported by Germany’s Union for the Promotion of Oil and Protein Plants (UFOP).

The European Biodiesel Board (EBB) has published an ambitious proposal to revise the rules on sustainable biofuels verification under the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) as part of its ongoing bid to tackle biofuel fraud.

South Korean chemical company LG Chem is set to produce 100% plant-based bio-acrylic acid derived from vegetable oils on a commercial scale in the second quarter of this year.

Palm oil prices are expected to remain high in the short-term but then start declining due to increasing production, analysts told last week’s Palm & Lauric Oils Price Outlook Conference & Exhibition (POC2025).

German chemical giant Bayer and agricultural groups are seeking to shield themselves from lawsuits claiming its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, according to an AP News report.

US President Donald Trump’s administration has imposed tariffs on imports from China, Mexico and Canada, causing US stocks to suffer their worst two-day drop since December, the BBC reported on 4 March.

Global food and agribusiness company Olam Group is set to sell 44.58% of its stake in Olam Agri Holdings to Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Co (SALIC).

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, has arrested two suspects for their role in a customs fraud scheme involving biodiesel imports.

The US Trade Representative (USTR)’s office has proposed charging up to US$1.5M for Chinese-built vessels entering US ports as part of its investigation into China’s growing domination of the global shipbuilding, maritime and logistics sectors, Reuters reported.

The Brazil government would not be increasing the local mandatory biodiesel blend to 15% in March as expected but would maintain the current 14% blend, Energy Minister Alexandre Silveira told Reuters.

Belarusian rapeseed oil shipments through Lithuania have been suspended following media investigations which revealed rapeseed from Russian-occupied territories in Ukraine had been processed in Belarus and sold to the European Union (EU), state-owned public broadcaster Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT) wrote.