The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) has forecast a sharp drop in the country’s rapeseed production in 2023/24 compared to the previous year, Germany’s Union for the Promotion of Oil and Plant Proteins (UFOP) reported.

Imports of soyabeans and soya products to Spain average around 6M tonnes/year, driven by demand for feed ingredients for the country’s livestock sector, according to a report by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced France would be investing €300M (US$328M)/year from 2024-30 to finance research and innovation to decarbonise the aviation sector, through the development of clean fuels and new aircraft and engines, S&P Global reported.

Biotechnology start-up ÄIO has teamed up with wood processing company Fibenol to produce high-value microbial oils.

The US renewable diesel sector is slowing due to surging commodity and labour costs, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Biodiesel production in Colombia is forecast to continue increasing to reach 780M litres this year, according to a report by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Argentina imported 3M tonnes of soyabeans from neighbouring Brazil and Paraguay in the first four months of this year, according to a report by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Global renewable fuel production is forecast to total around 69bn litres by 2028 due to the development of new refineries and expansion of existing facilities, according to latest forecasts by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

The European Commission (EC) has approved leading energy company Chevron Corporation’s acquisition of US biodiesel and renewable diesel producer Renewable Energy Group (REG) under the EU Merger Regulation, Biofuels Digest wrote.

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an increase of agricultural exports as part of the Black Sea Grain Initiative (BSGI), following a slowdown in shipments, according to a UN spokesman quoted by World Grain.

Biomass refining specialist New Energy Blue has agreed to supply leading US materials science company Dow with corn-based ethylene made from renewable agricultural waste, the companies announced.

Agrochemical company Monsanto and its parent company Bayer CropScience have reached a US$6.9M settlement with the New York attorney general’s office for allegedly making false and misleading claims about the safety of their weedkiller products, AP News reported.

Asia-based advanced biorefinery platform EcoCeres is set to invest in a new hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO)/sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production plant in Malaysia.