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RFS To Do List: Reduced RVO Coming?

On Friday we reported on the lobbying effort by merchant refiners – and more specifically their labor unions – to get a waiver from the RFS. But Friday was also the day that the Administration released its regulatory agenda, which included the following regarding the RFS and biofuels: 2022 RVOs: The 2022, and 2021, required volume obligations (RVO) are teed up to move soon. The Proposed 2022 RVO is scheduled to come in July and targeted to be finalized to meet the 30 November deadline. Since the 2021 RVO was never issued due to the COVID pandemic and the 2020 election, that rule will have the retroactive volumes for 2021 (as happened in 2016 when the 2015 and 2014 RVOs were set retroactively at the volumes actually used). Whil...

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Summary of Futures

May 26 Corn closed at $4.6725/bushel, up $0.0475 from yesterday's close.  May 26 Wheat closed at $6.1375/bushel, up $0.1525 from yesterday's close.  May 26 Soybeans closed at $12.2525/bushel, down $0.02 from yesterday's close.  May 26 Soymeal closed at $322.7/short ton, up $2.5 f...

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Market Commentary: Another Week of War and Commodity Gains

Corn and soybeans closed lower in the overnight session, and wheat joined them in trading lower this morning for a brief period before a turnaround that also pulled corn higher by the close. Soybeans couldn’t quite get there but did manage to erase the double-digit losses seen earlier in...

USTR Announces Multiple Section 301 Investigations

United States Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer on Wednesday announced the initiation of investigations regarding the “acts, policies, and practices” of various countries under Section 301(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 relating to structural excess capacity and production in...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

May 26 Corn closed at $4.6725/bushel, up $0.0475 from yesterday's close.  May 26 Wheat closed at $6.1375/bushel, up $0.1525 from yesterday's close.  May 26 Soybeans closed at $12.2525/bushel, down $0.02 from yesterday's close.  May 26 Soymeal closed at $322.7/short ton, up $2.5 f...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: Another Week of War and Commodity Gains

Corn and soybeans closed lower in the overnight session, and wheat joined them in trading lower this morning for a brief period before a turnaround that also pulled corn higher by the close. Soybeans couldn’t quite get there but did manage to erase the double-digit losses seen earlier in...

USTR Announces Multiple Section 301 Investigations

United States Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer on Wednesday announced the initiation of investigations regarding the “acts, policies, and practices” of various countries under Section 301(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 relating to structural excess capacity and production in...

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Ethanol Production Outlook Amid Energy Rally

Yesterday, WPI briefly examined how biodiesel production margins have surged alongside broader energy markets following the U.S./Israel-Iran conflict. The surge in energy prices lifted biodiesel margins to two-year, if not higher, levels and has exerted a similar, positive effect on ethanol pro...

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