According to the EIA’s Weekly Petroleum Status Report, ethanol production increased 0.31% to 964,000 barrels per day (b/d), which was enough to push production to its 11th highest weekly level on record. The rise in production expanded the ethanol industry’s demand for corn to 14.36 million bushels per day, a 45,000 bushel a day increase from the…
01.17.2025
US renewable fuel production hits all-time high; biomass-based diesel output surges to capture end of BTC
The $1-per-gallon Blenders Tax Credit (BTC) ended on December 31, 2024. Monthly US renewable fuel production hit an all-time high of 1.96 billion gallons of fuel, generating 2.31 billion...
01.17.2025
Packer BFT ticks upward; most animal fats and oil markets close the week higher
Three cars of packer-grade bleachable fancy tallow (BFT) traded higher on Friday January 17, at 47 cents per lb, Chicago basis.
Outside of this trade, the US animal...
01.17.2025
Limited trade keeps US animal protein prices flat week on week
US animal proteins prices were generally flat for the week to Friday January 17, though prior price moves from last week for meat and bonemeal, bloodmeal and poultry by-product...