Palm oil stocks in Malaysia dropped to a five-month low in January due to reduced exports and production, according to a Reuters survey.

Global agribusiness giant Bunge has announced higher year-on-year fourth quarter profits, AgriCensus reported.

US renewable diesel producer Diamond Green Diesel (DGD) – a 50/50 joint venture between Darling Ingredients and Valero Energy Corporation – has been given the go-ahead for a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project at its Port Arthur plant in Texas, Darling Ingredients announced.

The agricultural department of India’s Punjab state has announced that it would not allow the commercial cultivation of genetically modified (GM) rapeseed mustard, the Hindustan Times reported.

German chemical giant Bayer has said it would continue to supply agricultural products to Russia and was hoping for a swift resolution to what it called a technical delay in the country’s sunflowerseed imports, Reuters reported.

Global agribusiness giant Cargill has closed its Ports of Indiana grain export elevator, World Grain reported.

Spanish food producer Väcka has launched two vegan cheese products made with olive oil, Olive Oil Times wrote.

Malaysia-based palm oil company Sime Darby Plantation is no longer using forced labour, paving the way for the USA to restart imports from the company, Bloomberg reported US Customs as saying.

Soyabean production in Argentina is forecast to drop to its lowest level in 15 years in the 2022/23 marketing year due to a prolonged drought, according to a report by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), World Grain wrote.

Global energy and commodity price reporting agency Argus has launched a daily biofuel blended ship bunker assessment.

Brazilian sugarcane research centre Centro de Tecnologia Canavieira (CTC) expects the country’s adoption of genetically modified (GM) sugarcane to increase following China’s approval of two varieties for import, CTC told Reuters.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for the total elimination of industrial trans fatty acids (TFAs), saying it is responsible for half a million premature deaths each year, VOA News reports.

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and sustainable solutions provider IDH have announced four new endorsers of the Sustainable Palm Oil Dialogue (SPOD) manifesto.