Biodiesel exporters in China have pledged to improve compliance and export standards following calls from European competitors for action to halt “potentially fraudulent” shipments, Yahoo! Finance reported from a Bloomberg report.

Global agribusiness giant Cargill has been urged to do more to fight deforestation and protect human rights by an activist group and researchers, AP News reported.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the country was considering withdrawing from the Black Sea Grain Initiative (BSGI) as it had failed to deliver any of its promises to export the Russia’s agricultural commodities and fertiliser to global markets, World Grain reported.

Climate change could lead to a decline in omega-3 fats and higher toxin levels in ocean fish, according to a report on the Nautilus website.

The USA has taken the next step in trying to resolve a dispute with Mexico over its presidential decree to limit the use of genetically modified (GM) corn, World Grain reported.

The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) has announced that anti-dumping and countervailing duties on Argentine and Indonesian biodiesel would continue.

The government of Thailand looks set to increase the mandatory biodiesel blending rate of palm oil amid falling palm oil prices, according to a report by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

A deal to rescue leading global soyabean supplier Vicentin is at risk due to court delays and Argentina’s most severe drought on record, Bloomberg reported.

German chemical and biotech giant BASF is set to expand its production capacity for alkyl polyglucosides (APGs) at its site Cincinnati, Ohio.

Brazil was expected to export at least 200,000 tonnes of soyabeans to the USA between the last weeks of May and the beginning of June, according to line-up data analysed by AgriCensus.

Leading Indian oil palm company 3F Oil Palm and the government of the Indian state of Assam (GoAS) have launched an oil palm plantation in the northeast of the country, India Today reported.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published a final rule on gene-edited (GE) plants exempting them from an in-depth review process if the change could have been achieved with conventional breeding, Science website reported.

Leading US agribusiness Bunge and Glencore-backed Viterra have announced they would be merging to create an approximately US$34bn agricultural trading giant, Reuters reported.