Animal Fats

Animal Fats

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A big trade, seven cars, of renderer tallow was done today at $0.2900/Chicago. Multiple sources continue to report strong interest from the oleo chemical and soap sector for March and April. Favorable economic conditions may lend themselves to strong oleo demand throughout the year. BFT prices, as seen in Figure 1, typically increase though the spring into early summer. It is worth noting that the Jan and thus far the Feb BFT monthly averages are the lowest in the…

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