A renewable fuel production facility for hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is set to be established at the Port of Riga, Latvia, making it the first of its kind in the Baltics, the port announced on Tuesday November 26.

Analyzing key drivers of demand and trade shaping soybean oil price and production trends

South America, the main supplier of soybean oil to global markets, has been undergoing profound changes in recent years. The trends we are seeing in two main markets, Argentina – the world’s largest exporter of soybean oil – and Brazil, the world’s largest producer of soybeans, will shape global trade dynamics in the coming years. […]

Fastmarkets invited feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for several vegoils and meals prices via an open consultation process between October 3 and October 31, 2024. This consultation was done as part of our published annual methodology review process.

The drop was influenced by high freight rates and an ongoing European Commission fraud investigation.

The UK government’s first release of provisional biofuel data for the calendar year to the end of July 2024, published on Wednesday August 14, reveals a notable decline in renewable fuel activity compared with the same period last year.

Learn more about the self-imposed embargo that came into place after a confirmed case of Newcastle disease in Brazil.

Germany's UFOP highlighted a global rapeseed supply shortage, urging increased planting in 2025 to meet demand amidst reduced production forecasts.

Black Sea sunflower oil prices have declined by 5% over the past 10 days after reaching season-high levels, trade sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday June 27

Soybean front-month July futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) rebounded on Friday May 10 with support from soybean oil and despite estimates of ample offer and ending stocks for the 2024/25 crop in the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report.