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.

Russia was almost certain to quit the Black Sea Grain Initiative (BSGI) – which allows the safe passage of grain from Ukrainian ports – as it no longer needed to export ammonia via those transport hubs, a senior Ukrainian diplomat was quoted by Reuters as saying.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s final decision for the country’s biofuel blending requirements has not been well received by the US biofuel industry, AgriCensus reported.

German chemical giant Bayer’s short-stature genetically-modified (GM) corn has been approved for use in the USA by the US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), World Grain reported.

This year’s soyabean harvest in the European Union (EU) is expected to total around 2.8M tonnes – just under 16% more than last year and the largest crop in six years, according to forecasts by the EU Commission (EC) reported by Germany’s Union for the Promotion of Oil and Protein Plants (UFOP).

Leading European oleochemicals producer Oleon has opened a new plant in Oelegem, near Antwerp.

Global multi-energy company TotalEnergies has announced plans to double production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at its Grandpuits site in France.

Importers working for EU member states have purchased US soyabeans to crush and export soyabean oil back to the USA, trade sources told AgriCensus.