Global agribusiness giant Bunge and US multinational energy corporation Chevron have acquired Argentine seed firm Chacraservicios from Italian energy company Adamant Group.

Thai petroleum and energy conglomerate Bangchak Corporation Public Company Limited (BCP) – previously known as Bangchak Petroleum – has signed a construction agreement for a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project using used cooking oil (UCO) in Thailand.

The European Commission (EC) has put forward a proposal to update European Union (EU) rules to reflect new gene editing techniques, Science Business wrote.

Work has begun on the construction of Grupo Potencial’s new soyabean crushing plant in Lapa, in the Brazilian state of Paraná, Biofuels Digest reported.

A day after Russia suspended its participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiative (BSGI) facilitating Ukrainian grain exports, Russia launched an attack on Ukrainian ports, Reuters reported on 18 July.

Soyabean exports from Brazil are forecast to reach a record 97M tonnes in 2022/23, according to latest estimates by the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (Abiove) reported by AgriCensus.

Global energy company TotalEnergies has approved a plan to further expand processing of circular renewable feedstocks at its La Mède biorefinery near Marseille, France, Oil&Gas Journal wrote.

Castor cultivation firm Casterra Ag, a subsidiary of Evogene, has received an additional of US$2.2M worth of castor seed purchase orders for Africa, PR Newswire reported.

Ukraine’s Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food and the Lagos Free Zone Company – a venture of Singapore’s Tolaram Group – have agreed to work together on a grain terminal project at Nigeria’s Lekki deep seaport, World Grain reported.

A new report has highlighted details of multiple alleged cases of sales of mislabelled biofuels in northern Europe.

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted a revised strategy on the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions from ships, with improved targets to tackle harmful emissions, Bioenergy International wrote.

A Russian drone attack at Ukraine’s Port of Odessa has damaged several buildings, including a grain terminal, according to a report by Ukrainian online newspaper Ukrainska Pravda quoting information from the Odessa Oblast Military Administration, World Grain wrote.

Resintech has signed an agreement with Sarawak Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) in Malaysia to develop and produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from algae, the New Straits Times reported.