The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has raised concerns with the European Union (EU)’s biofuel policy, World Bio Market Insights reported.

Brazilian crop agency Conab has lowered its February domestic corn and soyabean production estimates from the previous month’s forecast due to the impact of El Niño weather effects on crops, World Grain reported from a Reuters analysis of the agency’s data.

Farmers in Ukraine are expected to reduce the area planted with corn but continue to increase oilseed planting, particularly soyabeans, according to an Ukrainian agriculture ministry survey reported by AgriCensus.

Global agribusiness giant Cargill’s complete edible oils portfolio now complies with the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) best practice on industrially-produced trans fatty acids (iTFAs).

Sunflower oil traders in the Black Sea have been looking for new export markets as demand from Asian falters due to high stocks, national holidays and increased competition, AgriCensus reported.

Farmers in Poland have been disrupting traffic with nationwide blockades as part of their ongoing protests against Ukrainian grain imports, which they claim are affecting their profits, World Grain reported.

Eni Rovuma Basin (ERB) – part of Italian oil and gas company Eni – has started producing vegetable oil in Mozambique for use as a feedstock in Eni’s biorefineries in Europe.

Biomass-based diesel production in the USA totalled 4bn gallons (15.14bn litres) last year, according to US environmental protection agency figures reported by the Western Producer.

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has submitted a proposal to shipping’s global regulator - the United Nations (UN) International Maritime Organization (IMO) - for a Zero Emission Shipping Fund (ZESF).

Canadian grain company G3 Canada, which operates a grain elevator in Québec City, has announced that its long-term partnership with the Port of Québec would continue for another 30 years.

Australia’s tallow exports reached a record value of more than $1bn in the 2022/23 financial year, the country’s Department of Agriculture was quoted as saying by ABC News.

Global agribusiness giant Cargill has awarded US$2.5M to the Forever Green Initiative at the University of Minnesota to support research into two novel oilseed crops – winter camelina and domesticated winter pennycress – for use as low-carbon fuel feedstocks, World Grain wrote.

European renewable ethanol producers have launched a legal challenge to the European Union (EU)’s FuelEU Maritime Regulation claiming that it has violated several key EU legislative procedures by not recognising the benefits of sustainable crop-based biofuels, European renewable ethanol association ePURE said.