Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Berhad and Chinese derivatives exchange Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) have signed a licensing agreement for a soyabean oil futures settlement price.

The Chinese government has approved 51 new genetically modified (GM) varieties of corn and soyabeans, Agri Pulse reported.

Global agribusiness giant Bunge has formed a partnership with Bangkok Produce Merchandising Public Company (BKP) to develop a soyabean traceability blockchain.

US agricultural bioscience company Yield10 Bioscience and the Danish aquafeed supplier the BioMar Group have signed an agreement to produce omega-3 oil from camelina.

Global vegetable oil production is expected to rise by only 1.2% in the September 2023/October 2024 season, according to forecasts by Oil World reported by Spanish vegetable oil company Lipsa.

Global agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) is rethinking its US$300M plan to expand production of alternative proteins due to decreasing interest in plant-based foods, Food Dive quoted the company’s CEO Juan Luciano as saying.

Farmers registered with the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) in Latin America have produced 2M tonnes of certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO), the RSPO announced.

The UK government’s Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) has launched a review into countervailing measures on biodiesel imported from Argentina.

An attack by Russia on the port of Pivdennyi on 8 November hit a commercial vessel, AgriCensus reported Ukrainian authorities as saying.

Ocean freight rates for shipping grain from the US Gulf and Pacific Northwest dropped in the third quarter compared to the previous quarter and the previous year, according to a report by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)) reported by World Grain.

Barge rates on the Mississippi river are dropping despite water levels remaining low and ongoing restrictions on barge movements, FreightWaves reported.

Leading Japanese chemical company Sumitomo Chemical has started building an ethanol-to-propylene pilot facility in Japan.

Global agribusiness giant Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) is building a soyabean processing plant in Upper Sandusky, Ohio.