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EU and UAE host high-level session to advance SAF

EU and UAE host high-level session to advance SAF

November 25, 2025 |

In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Middle East Economy reported that the European Union and the UAE jointly convened a high-level session on sustainable aviation fuels during the Dubai Airshow 2025 Sustainability Program. Organized by the Delegation of the European Union to the UAE as part of the EU Green Diplomacy Weeks initiative in collaboration […]

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Samsung E&A, Korean Air patner to enter U.S. SAF market

Samsung E&A, Korean Air patner to enter U.S. SAF market

November 25, 2025 |

In Korea, Business Korea reported that Samsung E&A and Korean Air will collaborate to enter the U.S. sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) market. This agreement encompasses discovery and review of overseas SAF production projects, review of participation in long-term SAF purchases and mutual support, review of investments in SAF-related new technologies and projects, and Korean Air’s […]

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Masdar and Tadweer to develop Abu Dhabi waste-to-SAF project

Masdar and Tadweer to develop Abu Dhabi waste-to-SAF project

November 25, 2025 |

In the UK, Fuel Cells Works reported that Masdar and Tadweer Group announced the signing of a Joint Development Agreement (JDA). This agreement aims to progress the development of the first commercial-scale Waste-to-Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) project in Abu Dhabi, according to the report. Located in Abu Dhabi, the plant will covert around 500,000 tons […]

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XCF Global says U.S. policy push is speeding up adoption of SAF

XCF Global says U.S. policy push is speeding up adoption of SAF

November 25, 2025 |

In India, BioEnergy Times reported that XCF Global has said that policy support across the United States is driving rapid growth in the SAF sector. The company noted that under the U.S. SAF Grand Challenge, the federal government aims to produce 3 billion gallons of SAF annually by 2030 and scale up to 35 billion […]

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Gross grain harvest in the Russian Federation in 2025 to exceed 137 million tons

Gross grain harvest in the Russian Federation in 2025 to exceed 137 million tons

November 23, 2025 |

In Ukraine, APK Inform reported that th gross grain harvest in the Russian Federation this year will reach 137.1 million tons, including 88.2 million tons of wheat.  This consensus forecast was prepared by the Price Index Center (PIC) based on the latest quarterly survey of analysts. “The shortfall of grain in the south, which shaped […]

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Brazil estimates another record harvest in 2025/26

Brazil estimates another record harvest in 2025/26

November 23, 2025 |

In Brazil, MercoPress reported that Brazil’s 2025/26 grains and oil seed harvest is forecast to reach 354.8 million tons, representing an 0.8% over the previous record harvest, according to the second survey by the country’s National Supply Company, CONAB. The report noted that the sown area is reported as 3.3% higher than the previous crop […]

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Malaysia’s crude palm oil output to exceed 19.5 million tons this year

Malaysia’s crude palm oil output to exceed 19.5 million tons this year

November 23, 2025 |

In Malaysia, The Edge Malaysia reported that Malaysia’s crude palm oil (CPO) production for 2025 is expected to exceed last year’s output, with projections indicating output could surpass 19.5 million tons, up from 19.3 million tons in 2024. Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) chairman Datuk Mohamad Helmy Othman Basha said that although the year has […]

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UNL researchers awarded $1.6 million grant for microexon study in sorghum

UNL researchers awarded $1.6 million grant for microexon study in sorghum

November 23, 2025 |

In Nebraska, Nebraska TV reported that three professors at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have received a $1.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to research microexons in sorghum, the fifth most globally produced cereal grain. Professor Chi Zhang explained that microexons, despite their small size, have been largely overlooked in research. “Even though […]

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Soybean planting is progressing rapidly in Argentina, except in flooded areas, exchange says

Soybean planting is progressing rapidly in Argentina, except in flooded areas, exchange says

November 23, 2025 |

In Argentina, Reuters reported that soybean planting in Argentina for the 2025/26 crop advanced 12 percentage points in recent days, covering 24.6% of the 17.6 million hectares planned for cultivation, with some difficulties in flooded areas of Buenos Aires province, according to the latest update by the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange (BdeC). Argentina is the […]

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Deforestation in the Cerrado is reducing soybean yields in Brazil, research finds

Deforestation in the Cerrado is reducing soybean yields in Brazil, research finds

November 23, 2025 |

In Ukraine, UkrAgroConsult reported that a new study has found that clearing forests for farmland in Brazil’s Cerrado savanna is leading to climate change and declining soybean yields.  According to Zero Carbon Analytics, the region lost 34 million tons of soybean production from 2013 to 2023, worth $9.4 billion, due to the impacts of deforestation. […]

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