11.22.2024
Biodiesel margins rise, but window of opportunity limited
Biodiesel margins continued to rise during the week to Friday November 22. The bean oil/heating oil (BOHO) spread boosted margins by falling to its lowest level since August 27.
Organic soybean meal prices in India are rising, but the increase might not be enough for US domestic organic soybean crushers. Prices are quoted at $640 per metric ton FOB India for the November through January period. This should put organic soybean meal prices near $705 customs cleared in Baltimore. That would equate to $750 in South Central PA and imported meal near $775 per short-ton in the mid-west.
The Jacobsen has heard of a wide range of prices for organic soybean meal as well as a very wide range of organic soybean oil prices. Prices in the east have traded at $0.60 per pound, but cannot find a home in the mid-west for better than $0.45 per pound. Domestic and imported meal prices are also bifurcating. Organic soybean meal that is domestically crushed…