Russian president Vladimir Putin has vowed to revise the terms of a United Nations (UN)-brokered Ukrainian grain export deal, Reuters reported on 7 September.

UK-based environmental consultancy Efeca has announced the launch of a sustainable commodities resource hub.

A total of 61 cargo ships carrying around 1.5M tonnes of food have left Ukraine under a deal brokered by the United Nations (UN) and Turkey to unblock Black Sea ports, Reuters reported the Ukrainian infrastructure ministry as saying.

China will expand access to key agricultural futures to foreign investors, three major commodity exchanges announced on 2 September.

The Turkish ministry of transport has increased transit fees through the Black Sea straits, AgriCensus reported local media as saying.

Camelina seed company Sustainable Oils has announced a licensing agreement for CRISPR-Cas9 and related gene editing tools with crop protection and biotech seed producer Corteva Agriscience and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.

German chemical and biotech giant BASF and Crop protection and biotech seed producer Corteva Agriscience have entered a long-term global collaboration to develop new soyabean weed control solutions, the companies announced.

German chemical and biotech giant BASF and Swiss fluid engineering company Sulzer Chemtech have announced they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop technologies for renewable fuels and chemically recycled plastics.

Global oil giant Shell International Petroleum (Shell) plans to build a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel production facility at its currently closed Convent refinery in Louisiana, USA, according to documents filed with local authorities reported by The Advocate.

Rapeseed production in 2022/23 is forecast to reach a record high globally, with Russia and Australia expected to see larger harvests, according to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) data reported by Germany’s Union for the Promotion of Oil and Protein Plants (UFOP).

The current drought in Europe is the most severe the region has faced for 500 years, Olive Oil Times reported the European Commission’s Joint Research Center as saying.

Grain and oilseed crops in Brazil are forecast to rise in 2022/23, according to a forecast by the country’s National Supply Company (Conab) reported by World Grain.

A university research team in South Korea has found that insects can add meat-like flavours to food, The Guardian wrote.