A US biofuel group has welcomed the passage of a bill by the House of Representatives allowing E15 – petrol blended with 15% ethanol – to be sold throughout the year, AgriCensus reported.

Sales of plant-based food have dropped due to rising prices, CBC News wrote.

Russia has exported at least 400,000 tonnes of grain from occupied Ukrainian territories, Ukrinform reported a Ukrainian agriculture minister as saying.

BASF Canada is short on supplies of Liberty, a key herbicide used on canola and other crops, due to a lack of sufficient raw materials to make the weedkiller at its Regina plant in Saskatchewan, according to a tweet by Western Producer.

Global consumer goods giant Unilever and US biotech company Genomatica (Geno) have launched a venture to develop alternatives to palm oil and fossil fuel-derived cleansing ingredients, Unilever announced.

Global food and agribusiness company Olam Group is considering selling up to an additional 10% of its stake in Olam Agri Holdings, according to a circular filed before an extraordinary general meeting.

Soyabean oil prices in the USA increased by more than a third in early June while petroleum prices rose by 45% during the same period, according to a report by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Global agribusiness giant Cargill has announced it will close its rapeseed crushing plant in Hull, UK, by the end of the year due to “current market conditions”, World Grain reported.

Leading UK supplier of packaged oils Edible Oils Limited (EOL) has announced the completion of the £24M (US$29.4M) renovation of its Erith site in London.

The global food import bill is expected to increase by US$51bn to US$1.8tn this year, according to the latest Food Outlook report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

The Turkish government has changed the country’s agricultural tender rules in a bid to control surging import prices, trade sources told AgriCensus.

The Ukrainian port of Mykolaiv has been hit by a second missile attack, with at least two grain and vegetable oil terminals hit by missiles, according to local sources quoted by AgriCensus.

US agribusiness co-operative CHS has announced it will be building a new grain storage facility in Minnesota, USA.