04.17.2024
What is Biodiesel?
Biodiesel is a renewable fuel produced thorough the transesterification process. Transesterification is a chemical progression that converts vegetable oil, or other fats, oils and greases, into biodiesel. ...
American Fats and Oils
Our daily price guide and commentary places emphasis on the American Fats & Oils market and the daily trades that effect pricing. Our team of Senior Analysts report pricing on BFT, CWG, UCO, DCO, Poultry Fat, Tech Tallow, Edible Tallow and Lard from multiple key regions within the United States. In addition to the emphasis on American Fats, our team releases a weekly International Animal Fats bulletin every Thursday to complete a macro view of the fats and oils market.
For those interested in price forecasting in these markets, we recommend looking at our Fats & Oils Forecast which looks at supply and demand curves as well as pricing changes 3 to 6 months out.
Daily Price Reporting On:
- Bleachable Fancy Tallow Price (Packer & Renderer)
- Choice White Grease Price
- Yellow Grease Price
- Used Cooking Oil Price + Forward
- Distiller’s Corn Oil Price + Forward
- No 2/Brown Price (50% ffa, no color)
- Stabilized Poultry Fat Price
- Technical Tallow Price
- Edible Tallow Price
- Lard Price
- Palm Stearin Price
- Poultry Fat Price
- Chicken Fat Price
Weekly Price Forecasting On:
- Bleachable Fancy Tallow Price
- Choice White Grease Price
- Distiller’s Corn Oil Price
- Used-Cooking Oil Price
- Choice White Grease Relative to Corn and Soybean Oil Pricing
- Relative Pricing of Bleachable Fancy Tallow to Palm Stearin
- Spreads on Choice White Grease, Yellow Grease and Distiller’s Corn Oil
- Hog Slaughter Forecast
- LCFS Quarterly Corn Oil Use in Renewable Diesel Production
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Leading Senior Analyst
Ryan Standard
Ryan earned a degree in English literature and history from Monmouth College, while maintaining a parallel track in economics. With a background in logistics and sales, he joined The Jacobsen in 2007 as an analyst and the editor of the Animal Fats and Feed Bulletins, and contributor to the Biodiesel Bulletin. He has built a solid, reliable network of sources to inform his industry analysis.
Commentary Previews
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What is Biodiesel?
Biodiesel is a renewable fuel produced thorough the transesterification process. Transesterification is a chemical progression that converts vegetable oil, or…
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DCO production falls on seasonal maintenance in ethanol sector
Distiller’s corn oil (DCO) traded into the Gulf market in a range of 44.5 – 45.25 cents lb delivered on…
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Cash SBO market weighs on DCO market
It was an active day in the distiller’s corn oil (DCO) market on Tuesday with pressure from the cash soybean…
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Soybean oil market adds negative pressure to DCO market
Distiller’s corn oil (DCO) traded in a range of 45.5 - 46 cents lb delivered US Gulf today on what…
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UCO, DCO prices fall week-on-week, FOB markets supported by local demand
Distiller’s corn oil (DCO) traded lower on an FOB basis and into the Gulf market today. UCO was higher into…
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Soybean oil futures end lower on pre-weekend profit taking
US soybean oil futures for May and July delivery on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) ended lower on Friday April…
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Global UCO prices continue to trade at wide premium to US
The tallow market was a flat 41 cents lb delivered US Gulf today, although there was light trading done at…
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International Animal Fats and Oils 11.04.24
Global feedstocks prices were higher again this week, with used cooking oil (UCO) having the biggest increase as Chinese origin…
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Tallow trades in wide range into the US Gulf
Tallow traded higher into the US Gulf market today at 41 and 44 cents lb delivered. Trading into and through…
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Slowing demand continues to weigh on Gulf market
A car of lard traded late yesterday, up a penny to 41 cts/lb Chicago and even with the last traded…