Oil and refining company Petron Corporation has gained the backing of shareholders for its plan to build a coconut methyl ester plant in the Philippines, The Philippine Star reported.

A total of 95% fuel ethanol deliveries between regions in the USA in the first half of the year was made by rail, according to a report in the US Energy Information Agency (EIA)’s Petroleum Supply Monthly.

Olive oil production in the European Union (EU) is expected to drop by 25% in 2022/23, according to the European Commission (EC)’s latest forecasts reported by Olive Oil Times.

Leading Ukrainian agribusiness Nibulon has announced that Andriy Vadaturskyy has succeeded his late father, Oleksiy Vadaturskyy, as the company’s CEO.

Leading tourism group TUI has signed an agreement with Spanish energy company Cepsa to promote the production and supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

A large convoy of ships left the deep sea port of Odessa on 31 October despite Russia withdrawing from the Ukraine grain export corridor deal a day earlier, The Guardian reports.

Italian oil and gas company Eni has stopped the procurement of palm oil for use at its Venice and Gela refineries, the company announced on 25 October.

Rapeseed imports in the European Union (EU) increased by 40% in the first 14 weeks of the 2022/23 season compared to the same period the previous year, Germany’s Union for the Promotion of Oil and Protein Plants (UFOP) reported.

Bulk handler and distributor of food grains Adani Agri Logistics (AALL) is set to build silo complexes at four locations in India after signing an agreement with the Food Corporation of India (FCI), Maritime Gateway reported.

German chemical giant Bayer has started the commercial use of drones for crop protection in India, Krishak Jagat reports.

Global agribusiness giant Bunge and Olleco, UK, are forming a 50/50 joint venture to create a full life-cycle oil collection business in Europe.

Processing soya does not decrease its protein nutritional quality, according to a new study by scientists from consumer goods giant Unilever and Wageningen University and Research.

Oilseed production in the European Union (EU) is forecast to rise by 3% in 2022/23, according to a report by Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) analysts at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).