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.

US agribusiness company Green Plains has entered a joint venture with energy infrastructure company Tallgrass and United Airlines to develop sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from ethanol by 2028.

Global agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) announced record fourth quarter results and said robust soyabean crushing margins and buoyant global demand for crops would help the company continue to deliver strong results this year, Reuters reported.

The USA’s increasing use of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) in renewable diesel production threatens Argentine exports, according to a report by the Rosario Stock Exchange (BCR) reported by Argentine newspaper Clarín.

Swedish fluid handling, centrifugal and heat transfer company Alfa Laval has launched a range of biofuel-ready separators for the marine industry.

The number of Ukrainian grain ships leaving Istanbul following inspections dropped in January to its lowest rate since the Black Sea Grain Initiative (BSGI) was launched in July, with Ukraine blaming Russian inspection teams for intentional delays, AgriCensus reported.

Global logistics service provider Van den Bosch has expanded its fleet with the purchase of 500 additional ISO tank containers.

Canadian algae technology company Solarvest BioEnergy has been granted a patent for algal-based omega-3 production in Brazil, Newswire reported.

India’s Adani Enterprises has called off its share sale after the group’s companies saw US$108bn wiped off their market value in the wake of fraud allegations by a US investment firm, the BBC reported on 1 February.