Bullish News Drives Palm Oil Prices Higher
Vegetable oil prices were mixed on Monday as palm oil continued to move higher on bullish fundamentals, while hedging and late-session fund spreading drove soybean oil futures lower. Cargo surveyor data and a report suggesting there was a labor shortage in the palm plantations contributed to the gains in palm oil despite lower overnight crude oil prices. Soybean oil traded higher with palm oil in the overnight session. However, futures opened the U.S. session well below the close of the overnight session and traded steadily lower throughout the day. Most contracts settled near the low of the day despite a rally that lifted crude oil prices to gains during U.S. trading hours.
Soybean oil prices were mostly narrowly mixed, but contracts with deliveries in the second quarter of 2021 or later rose about 1/4 percent. Despite the…
04.30.2024
Biofuel feedstock demand rises while capacity declines: EIA
EIA Biofuels Capacity and Feedstock Update
The Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Monthly Biofuels Capacity and Feedstocks Update, released on Tuesday April 30, showed that operable US biofuel capacity declined...
04.30.2024
Chicago edible tallow trades lower
The edible tallow price fell to 52 cents per lb Chicago basis on the afternoon of Tuesday April 30. Tallow trading was quiet outside of the edible tallow market.
04.30.2024
April animal protein values mixed month on month
US animal proteins prices were mostly steady on Tuesday April 30. Limited trade was again reported, with multiple market participants attending the Petfood Forum in Kansas City, Missouri, held...