01.24.2025
Renderer BFT trades higher to close out the week
Renderer grade bleachable fancy tallow (BFT) traded up to 50 cents per lb Chicago on Friday January 24 in a five-car trade.
Prices into the Gulf were higher as well,...
USDA released their monthly WASDE report. Estimated soybean crushing for the 2014/15 crop year was boosted by 15 million bushels to 1.83 billion, exports were increased by 15 million bushels to 1.825 b, and ending stocks were decreased by 75 million bushels to 255. For the upcoming 2015/16 season, crushing activity was increased by 10 million bushels, pushing it to 1.84 billion and ending stocks were reduced by 50 million to 425 million bushels. For soybean oil, use of soybean oil by the biodiesel industry was increased by 100 million pounds to 5 billion pounds for the 2014/15 season. Biodiesel use of soybean oil was also increased by another 100 million pounds in the 2015/16 season to 5.1 billion pounds.