# Increased domestic soybean oil demand comes with challenges

> Amendments to the 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act favor US soybean oil and limit imported used cooking oil. EPA's proposed RVO would require substantially larger biomass-based diesel volumes in 2026 and 2027, and more soybean oil is projected to go to biofuel than food for the first time.

- Date: 2025-08-14 · published 2025-08-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/15095-increased-domestic-soybean-oil-demand-comes-with-challenges
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Rising biofuel demand for domestic soybean oil shifts crush economics toward oil over meal, which can leave soybean meal supplies relatively abundant and pressure meal prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- SBO: bullish ▲
- SOY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2026-05-14 | [EPA RVO Could Increase Soybean Oil Demand](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15022-epa-rvo-could-increase-soybean-oil-demand.md) | +0.5% | -2.1% |
| SBO | 2020-10-02 | [US Domestic Soybean Oil Demand Could Rise \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50506-us-domestic-soybean-oil-demand-could-rise-feed-and-grain.md) | +1.8% | +1.3% |
| SBO | 2023-02-19 | [B35 to Spur 2 Million-Ton Increase in Domestic Palm Oil Demand](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15752-b35-to-spur-2-million-ton-increase-in-domestic-palm-oil-demand.md) | +0.5% | -6.2% |
| SBO | 2020-03-03 | [US domestic soybean oil demand could rise this year: sources \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53997-us-domestic-soybean-oil-demand-could-rise-this-year-sources-s-and-p-global.md) | -4.4% | -6.0% |
| SBO | 2019-02-01 | [A new mandate to increase domestic crush means more soybeans will be needed.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60470-a-new-mandate-to-increase-domestic-crush-means-more-soybeans-will-be-needed.md) | +2.1% | -0.7% |
| SBM | 2026-05-14 | [EPA RVO Could Increase Soybean Oil Demand](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15022-epa-rvo-could-increase-soybean-oil-demand.md) | -2.8% | -12.8% |
| SBM | 2019-02-01 | [A new mandate to increase domestic crush means more soybeans will be needed.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60470-a-new-mandate-to-increase-domestic-crush-means-more-soybeans-will-be-needed.md) | -1.5% | -2.2% |
| SBM | 2022-11-10 | [CHS sees 'bullish' demand in soybean oil, citing renewable diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38751-chs-sees-bullish-demand-in-soybean-oil-citing-renewable-diesel.md) | -2.3% | +10.0% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/soybean/increased-domestic-soybean-oil-demand-comes-with-challenges

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