Record use of soybean oil for biofuel in May
EIA reported that biodiesel and renewable diesel producers used 1.14 billion pounds of soybean oil in May, the first time that monthly biofuel consumption [...]
June soybean oil use for biofuel down 11% YOY
Manufacturers of biodiesel and renewable diesel used 663 million pounds of soybean oil in June, down 16 percent from May and down 11 percent [...]
January soybean oil edible use rose 5% YOY
USDA reported that in January, 1.15 billion pounds of soybean oil were removed from stocks for use in edible applications. This volume was up [...]
August biodiesel production up 5% YOY
Biodiesel production in August was 163 million gallons, up 1 million gallons from July and up from 156 million in August 2019. During Jan-Aug [...]
2019 biodiesel production down 7 percent YOY
U.S. biodiesel producers manufactured 1.73 billion gallons in 2019, down from 1.86 billion in 2018. Production was lower YOY during eight months of the [...]
Will Nov/Dec biodiesel production hold steady?
EIA data for October show biodiesel production was 144 million gallons, up slightly from September but down 16 percent from October 2018, when production [...]
September biodiesel production down 13 percent
U.S. biodiesel manufacturers produced just 142 million gallons in September, down 9 percent from August—the fourth consecutive month of YOY declines—and down 13 percent [...]
Narrow gain in May biodiesel production
U.S. biodiesel production was 154 million gallons in May, a five-month high and up 2 percent from May 2018. Manufacturers used 659 million pounds [...]