Global agribusiness giant Cargill and US agribusiness co-operative CHS plan to expand the export side of their joint venture TEMCO.

Global food and agribusiness company Olam Group has announced plans to list its majority-owned agribusiness subsidiary Olam Agri Holdings on the Singapore Exchange in the first half of this year.

The USA exported agricultural goods to China with a record value of US$36.4bn in the 2022 fiscal year, according to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) data reported by AgriCensus.

US bulk liquid storage and logistics provider BWC Terminals has completed its acquisition of IMTT’s Gretna Terminal located in Harvey, Louisiana.

A new CRISPR/Cas9 technique has been developed which could be used to improve crop yields, Phys Org wrote.

A drop in global food prices in December for the ninth consecutive month was driven by lower vegetable oil prices, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported.

Worldwide prices for fish oil and meal are expected to ease this year compared to last year’s high due to increased supply, according to a report by Rabobank.

Belgian bio-polymer manufacturer Futerro has announced it has plans to build a polylactic acid (PLA) biorefinery in Normandy, France.

Swedish network video specialist Axis Communications has produced camera parts using a polyamide made from castor bean oil developed by DSM Engineering Materials – part of Dutch chemicals company DSM.

The Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) has urged the European Union (EU) to include palm oil wastes and residues in bioenergy use.

Agricultural exports in the USA are forecast to drop this fiscal year due to reduced sales of soyabeans, cotton and corn, according to data from the Economic Research Service (ERS) of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported by World Grain.

Indonesian exports of palm oil could fall due to the combined effects of an increase in the country’s domestic market obligation (DMO) and a 5% increase in its palm oil biodiesel mandate from 1 February, Mintec Global reported.

Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co has proposed building a bioplastics factory in the south eastern region of the USA, creating one of the largest production sites worldwide for the plant-based packaging material, Nikkei Asia reported.