Renewable Diesel = Higher Forage Prices ?

[Stocker Steve]

Lots of news on soybean crush plants being built to provide vegetable oil, for making diesel without crude oil. Sounds like hog producers will have more soy meal available, and more acres will be used to grow soybeans. Are you seeing any of this?

 

[Lucky_P]

Haven't heard anything along those lines down here. 10-12 yrs ago, the local ethanol plant was talking about starting to process soybeans for biodiesel... but nothing ever materialized on that front.

 

[Stocker Steve]

A lot of new crush plants have been proposed. Three are being built west and south of us.

 

[greybeard]

Fake Chicken, Fake Milk, Fake Bacon, Fake Beef, Fake News, Fake Diesel.
Alrighty then!

This was soy based too. No cheaper than real diesel on the retail end.

 

[kenny thomas]

Biodiesel was supposed to be a big deal probably 15-20 years ago. I bought some and it was ok. It faded away pretty quickly. Not sure why.

 

[hurleyjd]

Chevron going into renewable fuels.

What Chevron’s Biofuel Deal Means for Renewable Energy

The acquisition brings a big new player into the industry and will grow Chevron's renewable fuels business.

finance.yahoo.com

 

[Stocker Steve]

Biodiesel was supposed to be a big deal probably 15-20 years ago. I bought some and it was ok. It faded away pretty quickly. Not sure why.

Government regulations did not incentify making more vegetable oil