Insights and Stories on Biofuel

Bunge Q4 profit falls on weak crush margins, forecasts 2025 earnings drop

Feb. 5, 2025 at 2:30 pm CST

U.S. crop commodities trader Bunge Global posted a larger-than-expected quarterly profit drop on Wednesday and warned that 2025 earnings could sink to the lowest in six years as trade tensions and biofuel policy uncertainty drag on the agricultural sector.

ADM quarterly profit falls on weak crush margins, announces layoffs

Feb. 4, 2025 at 9:31 am CST

By Karl Plume

Trump’s USDA secretary pick led group opposed to ethanol, farm subsidies

Jan. 23, 2025 at 9:24 am CST

By Leah Douglas Reuters

USDA announces new interim rule for biofuel guidelines

Jan. 15, 2025 at 12:22 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty MarketsFarm Team

U.S. Treasury releases guidance on clean fuels tax credits

Jan. 10, 2025 at 4:10 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Idemitsu to begin trial of non-edible oilseed crop for aviation fuel

Jan. 9, 2025 at 10:49 am CST

Idemitsu Kosan will begin a trial plantation of the non-edible oilseed tree crop Pongamia in Australia from mid-January to assess its potential as a feedstock for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), the Japanese crude oil refiner said on Thursday.

By Reuters

US biofuel producers ramped up in Oct as profitability improved, data shows

Jan. 3, 2025 at 2:01 pm CST

U.S. renewable diesel producers utilized 77 per cent of their total operable capacity in October, the highest since July 2024, the data showed. Biodiesel plant utilization rose to 89 per cent, the highest since June 2023.

By Reuters Shariq Khan

US funding bill includes plan to allow year-round sales of higher ethanol blend fuel

Dec. 18, 2024 at 10:12 am CST

A U.S. government funding bill released on Tuesday included a plan that would allow year-round sales of gasoline with a higher ethanol blend, a major win for the corn and ethanol lobbies.

By Jarrett Renshaw Reuters Stephanie Kelly

Biden administration will not finalize clean fuel tax credit guidance

Dec. 4, 2024 at 10:35 am CST

Biden administration officials will not finalize highly anticipated guidelines on new clean fuel production tax credits aimed at the airline and biofuel industries before they leave in January, three sources told Reuters, casting doubt on the future of a key piece of the U.S. president's climate agenda.

By Reuters

Trump trade policy seen as wild card for US soybean farmers, opportunity for crushers

Nov. 13, 2024 at 12:17 pm CST

American farmers are worried that President-elect Donald Trump's sweeping tariff plans will curb their access to top soy buyer China, but tariffs could also lure companies to build more U.S. crushing plants, hungry for domestic supplies.

By Karl Plume Renee Hickman Reuters