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...
Biodiesel Activity
Heating oil futures dropped 2 cents per gallons to $1.85 while soybean oil futures moved 23 ticks higher to 31.82 cents per pound. Lower HO values and stronger feedstock (soybean oil) prices both work to push the bean oil/heating oil spread higher. Today’s moves lifted the BO-HO spread 4.5 cents to 49 cents per gallon.
A higher move in the BO-HO spread generally indicates a less attractive production environment, which would…