Spanish multinational oil and gas company Cepsa has teamed up with Spanish association of co-operatives Agro-Alimentarias to promote biofuel production from agricultural and livestock waste.

The European Commission (EC) has announced restrictions on imports of Ukrainian grain into five member states – Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia – would be extended to 15 September, World Grain wrote.

An edible anti-microbial coating incorporating cannabidiol (CBD) and sodium alginate could extend the shelf life of fruit, World Bio Market Insights reported researchers as writing on the American Chemical Society (ACS)’s Applied Materials & Interfaces website.

The organic farming sector in Canada has said the government’s updated gene-edited (GE) seed guidelines could put its produce at risk, CBC News reported.

German chemical and biotech giant BASF and Stolt Tankers have introduced a new inland tanker designed to navigate low water levels on the Rhine River.

Global agribusiness giant Cargill has expanded its regenerative agriculture programme in four European countries – France, Germany, Poland and Romania – and nine new US states.

British multinational oil and gas company BP was considering buying stakes in biofuel feedstock producers and investing directly in farming ventures in a bid to secure supplies to meet rising global demand, a senior executive of the company told Reuters.

Finnish renewable fuels producer Neste has completed the expansion of its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project in Singapore.

Worldwide olive oil production is expected to rebound in the upcoming 2023/24 crop year, according to preliminary estimates by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported by Olive Oil Times.

The European Union (EU)’s rapeseed sector is under pressure due to a huge increase in imported biodiesel, according to FEDIOL, the trade association representing the EU vegetable oil and protein meal industry.

There has been no new land clearing or deforestation for oil palm plantations in Malaysia, the country’s deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof was quoted as saying by Asia Palm Oil magazine.

A significant rise in China’s inspections of imported soyabean cargoes is leading to costly delays, according to three soyabean traders quoted by Reuters.

Global agricultural commodity company Viterra has announced plans to expand its grain and feed ingredients terminal in Etter, Texas, World Grain reported.