Russian attacks on Ukraine’s ports and ships have destroyed nearly 300,000 tonnes of grain since July, Reuters reported the Ukrainian government as saying.

Drought conditions in northern Brazil are causing logistical problems due to low water levels in key waterways in the Amazon basin, leading to grain and oilseed shipments being diverted to southern ports, sources told AgriCensus.

Total grain volumes barged on the Mississippi River are almost 30% below the five-year average due to low export sales and falling water levels, according to a report by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported by World Grain.

The Indian government is planning to triple palm oil production by 2030 as part of the country’s national palm mission, according to a Financial Express report.

Global agribusiness giant Cargill and international civil society organisation Solidaridad have formed a partnership in five countries to help soyabean and palm oil producers improve climate and land use practices and increase income.

California has become the first to ban brominated vegetable oil (BVO) and three other chemicals in food, Food Safety News reported.

Global agribusiness giant Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) announced strong financial results in the first half of 2023 despite ongoing geopolitical, macro-economic and environmental challenges helped by the performance of its grains and oilseeds platform.

The Indonesian government’s introduction of a new B35 blending is expected to increase the country’s biodiesel consumption by 25% to 13bn litres this year, according to a report by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

A group of NGOs has filed claims in an Austrian court alleging that German chemical giant Bayer withheld data showing health risks from exposure to its herbicide glyphosate, Phys Org wrote.

More than half of US retail sales of corn, cotton and soyabean seeds in 2018-2020 – the most up-to-date estimates available – were supplied by Corteva and Bayer, according to a report by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Economic Research Service (ERS).

Malaysian palm oil prices have risen due to expectations of increased biodiesel demand following a hike in crude oil prices against a backdrop of turmoil in the Middle East, Business Recorder reported.

Palm oil company PT Kallista Alam has started paying for the environmental damage the company caused through a forest fire more than a decade ago, the Jakarta Post wrote.

Ukrainian grain imports into Moldova will be limited to protect local farmers while transit to third countries would be allowed to continue, Reuters reported from a government statement.