Biofuel Policy and the Marketplace

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Biofuel Policy and the Marketplace

This chart captures the changing relationship in commodities as biofuels policy has an affect on values in the market place. Historically, we have seen tallow (in this case US export and Australian) trade in a band between Brent Crude prices and Palm. After 2011 this relation starts to break down with tallow trading at a

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Market Update: NOPA Crush

Market Update: NOPA Crush

The June soybean crush totaled 142.473 million bushels, which beat analyst estimates of 141.478 m/b. This up 20% from...

Market Update: Palm Oil Production

Market Update: Palm Oil Production

  According the the Malaysian palm oil board (MPOB): June Crude output of 1,763,928 metric tons is down 2.58%...

New USDA Monthly WASDE Report Released

New USDA Monthly WASDE Report Released

USDA released their monthly WASDE report. Estimated soybean crushing for the 2014/15 crop year was boosted by 15 million...

Biodiesel Commentary May 12 2015

Biodiesel Commentary May 12 2015

  In the coming weeks the EPA is poised to finally drop the much anticipated news of their revised,...

Malaysia’s palm output soars, exports rise

Malaysia’s palm output soars, exports rise

Malaysian palm oil production not only moved higher for the first time in 7 months, but also jumped 33%...

Employee Spotlight: Gary Gagnon

Employee Spotlight: Gary Gagnon

Gary Gagnon is the Hide and Leather Editor at the Jacobsen. He has been with the company since 2008...

Employee Spotlight- John Donicht

Employee Spotlight- John Donicht

John Donicht is the president of The Jacobsen. Growing up in Minnesota, he has always had a love for...

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06.27.2025

Sausage casings bulletin, June 27, 2025

Sausage casings bulletin, June 27, 2025

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06.25.2025

Sausage casings bulletin, June 20, 2025 [corrected]

Sausage casings bulletin, June 20, 2025 [corrected]

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06.24.2025

Correction to sausage casings, resale, North American hog runners, whiskered, ex-works North America on June 20: pricing notice

Correction to sausage casings, resale, North American hog runners, whiskered, ex-works North America on June 20: pricing notice

North American hog runners price published on Friday was incorrect due to a formula miscalculation. The original reported price of $1.63 has been corrected to the accurate rolling average...

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