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Argentina is expected to have a larger soybean harvest in the 2026/27 season. In addition to a likely expansion in acreage, favourable yield prospects in particular are underpinning expectations. The El Niño weather phenomenon could also provide additional support. Argentina’s soybean harvest in the 2026/27 marketing year is expected to exceed the previous year’s level. How much larger the...
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US Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE) and US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright visited agricultural producers from across Nebraska to discuss E15 and the cost of fuel. The roundtable was hosted by the Nebraska Farm Bureau with Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Don Bacon (NE-02), and Adrian Smith (NE-03) also in attendance. “E15 is one of the most direct ways we can provide relief at the pump,” Fischer...
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The EU imported notably less rapeseed in the first quarter of the current season compared with the same period of 2025. Ukraine remained the main supplier, although volumes were noticeably smaller due to logistical bottlenecks. At approximately 871,500 tonnes, rapeseed imports in the first quarter of 2026 were 14 per cent below those in the same period the previous year. As in previous years,...
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced at its World Sustainability Symposium that the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has joined the Supporting Alliance for CORSIA EEU Supply (the Alliance). The Alliance brings together more than 80 CORSIA stakeholders to address bottlenecks that limit the availability of Eligible Emissions Units (EEUs). Its work focuses on...
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KROHNE has announced an expanded portfolio of process instrumentation designed to support the fast‑growing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) sector, helping producers improve reliability, efficiency and lifecycle performance as projects scale from first‑of‑a‑kind plants to full commercial deployment. SAF production brings together two technically distinct worlds: renewable feedstocks such...
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CarbonCore Inc. has advanced plans for its GeorgiaSAF™ programme, confirming Bainbridge and Decatur County as the focus of development for a proposed commercial‑scale sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facility in Southwest Georgia. The project aims to convert sustainably sourced woody biomass into aviation fuel for the Southeast and wider US market, creating a new long‑term industrial outlet...
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A bipartisan group of US lawmakers has urged the administration to reaffirm its commitment to the country’s biofuel sector, warning that delays or policy uncertainty could harm farmers, producers and consumers. U.S. Representatives Adrian Smith (R‑NE) and Nikki Budzinski (D‑IL) led a letter signed by 37 colleagues to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin and Energy...
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According to data from the German Federal Statistical Office, the 2026 German soybean harvest is expected to exceed the previous year's output, reaching a new record high despite significantly lower yields per hectare. The increase in production is due to an expansion of the crop area. According to Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft, soybean farming did not play a major role in Germany until...
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Vopak Terminals Australia has welcomed the New South Wales (NSW) Government’s endorsement of its proposed aviation fuel infrastructure expansion project in Port Botany. Included as a key project to strengthen the state’s fuel security and resilience,  the expansion reinforces Vopak’s commitment to providing robust, future-ready energy infrastructure. Aligned with the government's fuel...
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Uniper has joined a growing list of aviation fuel buyers that have reserved future production capacity from Syzygy Plasmonics' NovaSAF™ platform, as commercial momentum behind the company's SAF technology continues to build. The agreement adds to Uniper's low carbon portfolio and brings additional commercial traction to Syzygy's planned NovaSAF™ facilities in Central and South America, as...
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The Latvian company developing the Baltic’s largest sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project, NorSAF, has agreed to collaborate with UK clean-tech company Nova Pangaea Technologies to develop an advanced ethanol production plant in Latvia to supply NorSAF’s SAF facility. The project will use locally sourced wood waste to make ethanol using Nova Pangaea’s proprietary technology. The...
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The 2026 World Ethanol and Biofuels Conference opened yesterday in Spain with Sergio Núñez, managing director of 8020 EDGE, setting the tone for two days of debate on the future of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable fuels. Núñez highlighted the sharp cost challenge facing the aviation sector, noting SAF prices at €1,925 per tonne – roughly three times higher than conventional...
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