# Specialty Food News | Specialty Food Association

> The Wall Street Journal reports that EPA's proposal to mandate less biomass-based diesel through 2025 has stalled the soybean oil market. Soybean oil futures fell more than 15% in one week after the December proposal, and about 44% of US soybean oil output is expected to go to biofuels.

- Date: 2023-03-20 · published 2023-03-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/15325-specialty-food-news-specialty-food-association
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Reduced biofuel mandates cut the expected use of soybean oil, which lowers oil prices and weakens the value share of oil in the soybean crush.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bearish ▼
- SOY: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2019-12-19 | [EPA Issues Final 2020-21 RFS Rule - American Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55451-epa-issues-final-2020-21-rfs-rule-american-soybean-association.md) | +2.8% | -0.2% |
| SBO | 2019-08-12 | [More Waivers, More Woes for Struggling Soy Markets - American Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57451-more-waivers-more-woes-for-struggling-soy-markets-american-soybean-association.md) | -1.3% | -4.2% |
| SBO | 2025-03-24 | [Stop Promoting Imported Feedstocks \| Illinois Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15138-stop-promoting-imported-feedstocks-illinois-soybean-association.md) | +3.3% | +12.5% |
| SBO | 2017-07-05 | [ASA: RFS Volumes a Missed Opportunity for Biodiesel - American Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69850-asa-rfs-volumes-a-missed-opportunity-for-biodiesel-american-soybean-association.md) | +1.8% | +2.2% |
| SBO | 2022-12-01 | [No RFS Growth is No Good: Soy Growers Surprised & Let Down by EPA Decision - American Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15351-no-rfs-growth-is-no-good-soy-growers-surprised-and-let-down-by-epa-decision.md) | -9.7% | -10.5% |
| SOY | 2026-08-21 | [EUDR simplification \| Soil Association Certification News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17931-eudr-simplification-soil-association-certification-news.md) | +2.9% | +6.8% |
| SOY | 2024-01-10 | [Ohio Soybean Association 2024 WRDA Priorities \| Soy Ohio](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16575-ohio-soybean-association-2024-wrda-priorities-soy-ohio.md) | -2.9% | -4.2% |
| SOY | 2017-07-05 | [ASA: RFS Volumes a Missed Opportunity for Biodiesel - American Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69850-asa-rfs-volumes-a-missed-opportunity-for-biodiesel-american-soybean-association.md) | +6.3% | -0.5% |

## Sources

- specialtyfood.com: https://www.specialtyfood.com/news-media/news-features/specialty-food-news/epa-mandate-may-slow-soybean-oil-production/

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