A speech by Russian President Vladimir Putin announcing plans for partial military mobilisation has increased war risks and raised concerns over Ukraine’s export corridor agreement, AgriCensus reported on 21 September.

A US jury has found that German chemical giant Bayer’s Roundup weedkiller did not cause defendants’ cancer – the company’s fifth consecutive trial victory over such claims, No-Till Farmer reported several media outlets as saying.

US renewable fuels company Aemetis has announced that it has agreed 10 sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) supply deals worth US$7bn with 10 airlines.

Japanese industrial products company Toray Industries has announced that it has developed an 100% bio-based adipic acid from sugars derived from inedible biomass for use as a raw material for nylon 66 (polyamide 66).

Global agribusiness giant Bunge and Canadian ingredient manufacturer Blendtek Ingredients have signed a plant protein distribution agreement, Blendtek Ingredients announced.

The European Parliament (EP)’s decision to maintain the role of crop-based biofuels in meeting the European Union (EU)’s transport renewable energy target, as part of its vote on the Renewable Energy Directive III (RED III), has been welcomed by the EU seed crushers and oil processors’ federation (FEDIOL).

UK-based biodiesel supplier Greenergy has announced that it would be increasing production at its Amsterdam plant by more than 25%.

Leading UK edible oil supplier KTC (Edibles) Limited has announced the completion of its switch to 100% Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)-certified segregated palm oil.

Danish aquafeed supplier the BioMar Group and Icelandic fishing company Síldarvinnslan have signed a deal to build an aquafeed production facility in Iceland, BioMar announced.

Uncertainty around the possibility of Mexico following through on a decree banning genetically modified (GM) corn continues, according to a World Grain report, as agriculture officials and trade groups outline the negative impacts of such a ban to the country’s leaders.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to extend the period of annual biofuel blending mandates from one year to three, according to three sources familiar with the discussions quoted by Reuters.

Global vegetable oil prices dropped 3.3% in August compared to the previous month, according to the benchmark United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Food Price Index released on 2 September.

Swiss food and biotech start-up Cultivated Biosciences has secured US$1.5M funding to develop a fat ingredient for plant-based dairy products, the company announced.