Insights and Stories on Biodiesel

U.S. grains: Soybeans up on firm cash markets, vegoils

Oct. 19, 2021 at 6:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures ended higher on Tuesday for a fourth straight session, with the benchmark November contract touching a one-week top on firm cash markets and global demand for vegetable oils, analysts said. But Chicago Board of Trade corn and wheat futures closed lower, sagging after […]

ICE weekly outlook: Canola feeling the energy

Oct. 6, 2021 at 5:39 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. EPA recommends lowering 2020 biofuel mandates retroactively

Aug. 26, 2021 at 5:01 pm CDT

By Jarrett Renshaw Stephanie Kelly

Imperial Oil lays out Alberta renewable diesel plan

Aug. 25, 2021 at 2:14 pm CDT

By Laura Sanicola

U.S. grains: Soy, corn slide on macroeconomic fears, biofuel worries

Aug. 20, 2021 at 6:44 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Fuel firm Marathon buys in on ADM soy crush plant

Aug. 19, 2021 at 6:14 pm CDT

Reuters — Marathon Petroleum and ADM announced on Thursday a joint venture to produce soybean oil that will be exclusively sold to Marathon for its renewable diesel plant. Refiners are on the hunt for secure access to feedstocks for renewable fuels amid supply constraints and soaring prices for fats, greases […]

By Arunima Kumar Laura Sanicola

U.S. Supreme Court backs refineries in biofuel waiver dispute

Jun. 25, 2021 at 4:35 pm CDT

Reuters — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday made it easier for small oil refineries to win exemptions from a federal law requiring increasing levels of ethanol and other renewable fuels to be blended into their products, a major setback for biofuel producers. The justices overturned a lower court decision […]

By Andrew Chung Stephanie Kelly

U.S. refiners amass biofuel liability as Biden mulls relief

Jun. 17, 2021 at 7:28 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — U.S. merchant refiners have amassed up to a US$1.6 billion shortfall in the credits they will need to comply with U.S. biofuel laws, according to a Reuters review of corporate disclosures, an apparent bet that the Biden administration could let them off the hook or […]

By Jarrett Renshaw Stephanie Kelly

ADM to crush soybeans in North Dakota

May. 12, 2021 at 8:36 pm CDT

A former malt processing plant in eastern North Dakota is set to be the site of the state’s first soybean crushing plant. U.S. ag processor ADM, the ‘A’ of the four ‘ABCD’ companies that dominate global grain trading, announced Monday it will spend about US$350 million to develop a dedicated […]

By Dave Bedard

Viterra plans major canola crusher for Regina

Apr. 26, 2021 at 4:58 pm CDT

Grain handler and processor Viterra is taking its plans to build the world’s biggest canola crusher to its Prairie home town. The North American arm of Rotterdam-based Viterra said Monday it’s in the “feasibility” stage of designing and finalizing plans for what it bills as the “world’s largest integrated canola […]