# Transcript: CMR FAC | Signs Point to a Bullish Biofuels Policy |
        
        Illinois Public Media

> A University of Illinois presentation from the 2025 Farm Assets Conference covers the boom in renewable diesel capacity and recent U.S. biofuel policy shifts. Speaker Scott Irwin describes biodiesel and renewable diesel as biomass-based diesel.

- Date: 2025-12-30 · published 2025-12-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/15068-transcript-cmr-fac-signs-point-to-a-bullish-biofuels-policy-illinois-public
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Expanded renewable diesel capacity and supportive policy point to continued strong demand for vegetable oils used as feedstock, supporting soybean oil prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- SOY: neutral

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| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2026-04-01 | [Biofuels Policies Provide U.S. Soy Stability \| Illinois Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15035-biofuels-policies-provide-u-s-soy-stability-illinois-soybean-association.md) | +0.5% | +5.2% |
| SBO | 2025-11-14 | [Palm oil prices to spike in 2026 as Indonesia pushes biofuel policy - Nikkei Asia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22047-palm-oil-prices-to-spike-in-2026-as-indonesia-pushes-biofuel-policy-nikkei-asia.md) | +1.6% | +0.5% |
| SBO | 2017-02-18 | [Bullish on US Biofuels Industry \|         Global Oil & Fats Business Online – gofbonline.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72363-bullish-on-us-biofuels-industry-global-oil-and-fats-business-online-gofbonline.md) | -1.6% | -0.5% |
| SBO | 2026-01-15 | [Soybeans Lead As Biofuel Policy Bets Lift Soyoil - Finimize](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21134-soybeans-lead-as-biofuel-policy-bets-lift-soyoil-finimize.md) | +3.3% | +8.3% |
| SBO | 2026-07-15 | [Uncertainty Over U.S. Biofuels Policy Muddying Outlook: CoBank - OPIS, A Dow Jones Company](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15010-uncertainty-over-u-s-biofuels-policy-muddying-outlook-cobank-opis-a-dow-jones.md) | -1.3% | -5.0% |
| SOY | 2019-10-07 | [MFP has implications for future ag policy \| Illinois Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56552-mfp-has-implications-for-future-ag-policy-illinois-business.md) | +2.2% | +0.9% |
| SOY | 2019-07-29 | [USDA Under Secretary Bill Northey Discusses Trade Aid Package \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58074-usda-under-secretary-bill-northey-discusses-trade-aid-package-farm-policy-news.md) | -3.7% | -4.5% |
| SOY | 2025-07-23 | [Ag policy snapshot: Tariffs, OBBBA, and the Farm Bill \| Talking Crop \| Illinois Extension \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23742-ag-policy-snapshot-tariffs-obbba-and-the-farm-bill-talking-crop-illinois.md) | -2.8% | +0.3% |

## Sources

- will.illinois.edu: https://will.illinois.edu/transcript/closingmarketreport/cmr251230

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