Israeli computational biology company Evogene has announced that its Ag-Seed division has been awarded a €1.2M (US$1.3M) grant to develop oilseed crops with high CO₂ assimilation and drought tolerance.

Leading US energy infrastructure company Kinder Morgan (KMI) has announced an agreement with Finnish renewable fuels producer Neste to store feedstocks, such as used cooking oil (UCO), at its Harvey terminal in Louisiana.

Global tank storage company Vopak has expanded its storage capacity for waste-based feedstocks in Rotterdam with the launch of 16 new tanks.

Oilseed growers in India have urged the government to raise the import tax on palm oil – the most widely used vegetable oil in the country – to help support thousands of local farmers facing a drop in domestic rapeseed prices, Reuters wrote on 10 May.

Renewable fuel feedstock producer Oleo-X has launched a pre-treatment facility for renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) feedstocks, Business Wire reported.

Global oil giant Shell is set to make the first deliveries of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in 2025 from its Rotterdam plant in the Netherlands, according to a report by S&P Global.

The European Union (EU)’s top rapeseed producers are still France and Germany, according to a report by Germany’s Union for the Promotion of Oil and Protein Plants (UFOP).

Palm oil imports in India dropped to 510,094 tonnes last month, down from 728,530 tonnes in March, Reuters reported the Mumbai-based Solvent Extractors’ Association of India (SEA) as saying.

Spanish energy company Repsol and Irish airline Ryanair have signed a deal to promote the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Spain and Portugal.

An agreement has been reached to extend the Black Sea Grain Initiative (BSGI) – a day before it was due to end – and allow Turkish ships held up in the Ukrainian ports of Mykolaiv and Olvia to leave, AgriCensus quoted Turkish president Recep Erdogan as saying on his official Twitter account yesterday.

The government of China has approved the safety of a gene-edited (GE) soyabean with increased levels of oleic acid, Reuters reported.

The adoption rate of gene-edited (GE) crop seeds is expected to increase significantly in the next five to 10 years, according to a Rabobank report.

US speciality refining company Vertex Energy has officially opened its new renewable diesel unit in Saraland, Alabama, NBC News reported.