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By: Sarah Schneider
As record-high US biofuel blending mandates and the 45Z tax credit drive competition for low-carbon feedstocks, used cooking oil, tallow and animal fats are becoming structurally constrained commodities that producers cannot rebalance through supply alone, a squeeze set to intensify well into 2026.
By: Sarah Schneider
US animal fats and oils markets remained quiet midweek on Wednesday May 27, with participants describing a slow start and limited immediate pricing activity.
By: Sarah Schneider
The US Department of Energy’s release of an updated model under the revised 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit framework for Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Technologies (45ZCF-GREET) on Friday June 12 provides additional clarity on how feedstock economics could evolve, improving the outlook for soybean oil and canola while largely preserving the competitiveness of waste-based feedstocks such as used cooking oil (UCO), tallow and distillers corn oil (DCO).
US animal fats and oils markets remained under pressure on Thursday June 25, though the pace of declines began to moderate after nearly two weeks of broad-based selling driven by improving feedstock availability, incoming imports and weaker soybean oil values.
By: Ryan Capozziello, Sarah Schneider, Victor Gusmao, Amanda Luhavalja
Use our interactive table to track the tariff and geopolitical impact on corn, soybeans, soybean oil, wheat, tallow and distillers corn oil prices, with Fastmarkets price data and analyst commentary behind every figure.
By: Sarah Schneider
US animal fats and oils markets opened the week on a quiet note on Monday July 13, with stronger energy and vegetable oil futures doing little to revive spot trading as buyers remained comfortably covered and unwilling to chase higher prices.
By: Sarah Schneider
US Gulf tallow prices have begun stabilizing after retreating sharply from record highs reached earlier this year, as the market works through a wave of imported feedstocks that pressured prices through June and early July. With nearby supply now appearing more balanced, attention has shifted toward whether newly implemented tariffs on Brazilian tallow could affect the US market's ability to attract imported feedstocks later this year, when renewable diesel producers return to the market and compliance demand builds.
By: Sarah Schneider
US animal fats and oils markets finally showed signs of increased activity on Wednesday August 12, led by renewed buying interest in the US Gulf following several exceptionally quiet sessions.
By: Sarah Schneider
Reports of hydrogen supply constraints along the US Gulf Coast are drawing attention to a less visible link in the renewable diesel (RD) supply chain, as market participants assess how disruptions upstream of fuel production could affect demand and logistics for used cooking oil (UCO), tallow and other fats and oils.
By: Sarah Schneider
US fats and oils markets received some long-awaited clarity on Monday after weeks of uncertainty around small refinery exemptions (SREs) drove sharp moves in Renewable Identification Number (RIN) values and left participants waiting for a clearer picture of forward biofuel demand.
