Soybeans are an important and widespread oilseed crop in the U.S., due, in part, to soybean byproducts. Soybean meal serves as feedstock for livestock and soybean oil can be converted into biodiesel and renewable diesel. Biodiesel and renewable diesel differ in their refining process, [...]
U.S. capacity for renewable diesel production rose to 2.134 billion gallons during Aug-Oct 2022, up 45 percent from capacity at the beginning of the year. This has affected the demand for soybean oil, the primary feedstock for renewable diesel. In the 2022/23 marketing period, [...]
As the conversation of sustainability goes global, the use of renewable and sustainable materials for household necessities and daily operations has graduated from being a nice-to-have to a need-to-have. Energy sectors across the world especially reflect this, with many countries looking at sustainable fuel [...]
Futures activity Jan-23 soybean meal futures closed at $424.10 per short ton on Friday, up $12.40 for the week. Jan-23 soybean oil futures fell precipitously last week, starting at $0.7312 per pound Monday and closing Friday at $0.6522 per pound, down 11 percent. S&D [...]
Futures activity Soybean futures demonstrated their greatest gains in about 18 years last week as weather concerns moved into the market. Aug-22 soybean futures increased by $1.64 per bushel last week to close at $16.37 per bushel on Friday. Nov-22 futures increased 9 percent [...]
Over 1.17 billion pounds of soybean oil were removed from stocks (a proxy for monthly utilization) in November for use in edible applications. Soybean oil removed for inedible use was up from October but down year over year as yellow grease and distillers corn [...]
Three weeks into the 2021/22 marketing year, soybean oil export sales are well below volumes usually seen in October, and outstanding sales are at their lowest level since 2013/14. This is all in line with USDA’s current export forecast of 1.2 billion pounds, the [...]
