US corn gluten meal and corn gluten feed markets were largely unchanged on Tuesday May 5, with trading remaining subdued.

Buyer pushback remains the central theme in the bloodmeal market, even as some sources reported a rise in seller offerings against uneven demand.

Soybean crushers at major commercial crush plants in China processed around 1.62 million tonnes of soybeans in the week to May 1, according to data published by the National Food and Strategic Reserves Data Center (NFSRDC) on Thursday May 7.

After a six-month-long period of stagnation and a downward price movement, the European animal fat prices rebounded in early March and continued to move up through April, supported by increased demand and competitiveness against vegoils, which jumped as a result of the war in the Middle East and crude oil rally.

Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) is a renewable, drop-in fuel offering significant carbon emission reductions and efficiency improvements, with growing demand driven by stricter EU renewable energy targets, diverse feedstock pathways, and the need for transparent pricing in an expanding market.

Fastmarkets has decided to change the timestamp of several of its agriculture prices linked to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and MIAX Futures Exchange to align the time of publication with the exchanges’ settlement time at 1:15pm US Central Time.

Fastmarkets is expanding its renewable fuels coverage with the launch of new European HVO price assessments for four different product categories: HVO (Crop), HVO (UCO), HVO (Tallow) and HVO (POME), effective Thursday April 30, 2026.

Following changes to the Netherlands biofuels mandate framework ahead of the country’s full implementation of the third iteration of the EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED III), aviation will no longer be included in the national mandate system.

Fastmarkets has launched used cooking oil (UCO), FOB Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Ghent (ARAG), $/tonne assessment on Thursday April 30, to provide greater transparency in the European waste-based biofuel feedstocks market and improve the existing coverage of UCO in the region.

Fastmarkets has launched crude palm oil mill effluent (POME), CIF Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp (ARA), $/tonne assessment on Thursday April 30, to provide greater transparency in a growing European market for advanced biofuel feedstocks.