05.17.2024
Uncertainty with 45z tax credit may affect Q1 2025 biofuel contracts
The expiring BTC provides a one dollar per gallon blenders credit up front with an additional 30 to 40 cents of credit to producers on the backend. Crimson...
Choice white grease moved higher into/through the Chicago market. Trading out of the Missouri River market was steady today. Yellow grease traded higher FOB Missouri River and Illinois as stronger prices in choice white and DCO pull that market higher. Used cooking oil traded higher as well out of the Illinois market with some biodiesel facilities paying up to secure low carbon intensity material.
Distillers corn oil hit a high of 27 cents today out of the IN/OH market as tight soybean oil supplies and increasing demand from the all veg sector continue to drive the market up. There is strong demand through the fourth quarter and the fundamentals suggest prices still have some upside, particularly in the forward markets, with soybean oil in the 31.5 – 32 cents per pound range. Ethanol production was marginally higher last week compared to the week prior, up…