Soybeans Surge on Chinese Optimism

CBOT soy markets rallied right from the morning open on comments from President Trump, indicating that he had spoken with Chinese President Xi via telephone, and that they had agreed to meet at the end of month G20 Summit in Argentina. This news rallied soybeans $.30 higher for the day, with meal and oil following.…

US Monthly Biodiesel Update

The EIA’s monthly Biodiesel Production report on Wednesday showed an August B100 production rate of 169 million gallons. The figure was up 5 million gallons  from July, 20 million gallons more than a year ago, and the largest 1 month B100 production rate on record! Biodiesel producers brought 2 additional plants online during the month…