# December WASDE maintains outlook for 2025-’26 soybean oil use in biofuel production

> USDA's December WASDE kept its 2025-26 forecast of 15.5 billion pounds of soybean oil for biofuel use and left the season-average soybean oil price at 53 cents per pound. It revised 2024-25 biofuel soybean oil use down to 11.758 billion pounds and raised global soybean production and ending stocks.

- Date: 2025-12-11 · published 2025-12-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/15067-december-wasde-maintains-outlook-for-2025-26-soybean-oil-use-in-biofuel
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

An unchanged biofuel use forecast with higher global stocks is neutral for soybean oil and soybean prices, with the global supply increase a modest bearish factor for soybeans.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: neutral
- SOY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2025-08-13 | [August WASDE maintains outlook for 2025-’26 soybean oil use in biofuel production  \| Biodiesel Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23409-august-wasde-maintains-outlook-for-2025-26-soybean-oil-use-in-biofuel.md) | -3.0% | -4.1% |
| SBO | 2024-10-11 | [October WASDE maintains outlook for 2024-’25 soybean oil use in biofuel production  \| Biodiesel Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27952-october-wasde-maintains-outlook-for-2024-25-soybean-oil-use-in-biofuel.md) | -2.8% | +10.4% |
| SBO | 2025-09-12 | [September WASDE maintains 2025-’26 forecast for soybean oil use in biofuel production \| Biodiesel Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15091-september-wasde-maintains-2025-26-forecast-for-soybean-oil-use-in-biofuel.md) | +0.1% | -0.6% |
| SBO | 2024-11-08 | [November WASDE maintains forecast for 2024-’25 soybean oil use in biofuel production  \| Biodiesel Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15170-november-wasde-maintains-forecast-for-2024-25-soybean-oil-use-in-biofuel.md) | -1.7% | -9.8% |
| SBO | 2024-06-12 | [June WASDE maintains 2024-’25 forecast for soybean oil use in biofuel production \| Biodiesel Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29863-june-wasde-maintains-2024-25-forecast-for-soybean-oil-use-in-biofuel-production.md) | +1.0% | +9.5% |
| SOY | 2017-01-01 | [Corn and Soybean Production Outlook in 2017-18](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72931-corn-and-soybean-production-outlook-in-2017-18.md) | 0.0% | +2.8% |
| SOY | 2024-12-11 | [Forecast for U.S. Oilseed Production in 2024–2025 – Market-Tracker](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27058-forecast-for-u-s-oilseed-production-in-2024-2025-market-tracker.md) | -1.8% | -0.3% |
| SOY | 2017-08-10 | [USDA Forecasts Record-High Soybean Production in 2017](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69299-usda-forecasts-record-high-soybean-production-in-2017.md) | -4.3% | +0.0% |

## Sources

- ukragroconsult.com: https://ukragroconsult.com/en/news/december-wasde-maintains-outlook-for-2025-26-soybean-oil-use-in-biofuel-production/

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