Global production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is forecast to triple to 1.875bn litres in 2024, according to latest estimates by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

The rate of childhood and adult obesity in Europe and Central Asia has risen, according to a report by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Speciality chemical company Clariant has announced it will be closing down its sunliquid bioethanol plant in Podari, Romania.

The US government has published guidance on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), AgriCensus reported.

UK biotech start-up Holiferm plans to scale up its production of biosurfactants after securing US$23.36M (£18.5M) in investments.

The European Commission (EC) has said it would begin an investigation into allegations that biodiesel imports from China are coming into the region at artificially low prices, Reuters reported.

A coalition of agricultural organisations has raised concerns about the potential negative impact to US farmers of removing China’s Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) status, which the US Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party was proposing to recommend to Congress, World Grain wrote.

Europe currently imports 80% of the used cooking oil (UCO) that it uses as fuel for cars, trucks and planes, according to analysis of latest biofuels data by green campaign group Transport & Environment (T&E).

A coalition of farm workers and public health and environmental groups has filed a legal petition with US regulators calling for the immediate suspension of authorisation for the weedkilling chemical glyphosate, The Guardian reported.

Canadian energy company Tidewater Renewables has produced its first batch of renewable diesel and progressed to commercial operations.

Brazil will be speeding up the pace of its biodiesel mandate increase with a 14% blend (B14) to be introduced from March, AgriCensus reported the country’s Minister of Mines and Energy Alexandre Silveira as saying.

Swedish fluid handling, centrifugal and heat transfer company Alfa Laval has formed a partnership with new company Bisviridi to produce biofuels from organic waste.

Farmers in the USA are expected to plant more soyabeans next year, due to rising demand for soyabean-based biofuels, while cutting back on corn, according to a Reuters report.