# How Will A Surge in Bio-Based Fuels Impact Grain Demand?

> Renewable diesel expansion is drawing vegetable oils and fats into fuel production at a pace comparable to ethanol's impact on corn. Analysts expect edible oil supplies would need to roughly double over the next decade, and about $2.6 billion is planned for North American crushing capacity within three years.

- Date: 2022-02-25 · published 2022-02-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/15416-how-will-a-surge-in-bio-based-fuels-impact-grain-demand
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Sustained fuel-driven demand for vegetable oils and new crush capacity should keep soybean oil and soybean prices supported and pull more soybean crush domestically.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- SOY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2023-07-25 | [How Will A Surge in Bio-Based Fuels Impact Grain Demand? - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15295-how-will-a-surge-in-bio-based-fuels-impact-grain-demand-agweb.md) | -8.7% | -8.5% |
| SBO | 2026-06-30 | [How Rising Biofuel Demand Impacts Vegetable Oil Markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18889-how-rising-biofuel-demand-impacts-vegetable-oil-markets.md) | +1.3% | +1.8% |
| SBO | 2023-09-26 | [Factors driving US biodiesel and biofuel demand Video \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15281-factors-driving-us-biodiesel-and-biofuel-demand-video-feed-and-grain.md) | +2.0% | -7.0% |
| SBO | 2021-04-28 | [Passage of Washington low-carbon fuel standards law will have impact on soybean oil demand - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47459-passage-of-washington-low-carbon-fuel-standards-law-will-have-impact-on-soybean.md) | +1.7% | +3.0% |
| SBO | 2017-03-10 | [MEPs demand ban on crop-based biofuels \| ENDS Waste & Bioenergy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72016-meps-demand-ban-on-crop-based-biofuels-ends-waste-and-bioenergy.md) | -1.9% | -4.6% |
| SOY | 2023-07-25 | [How Will A Surge in Bio-Based Fuels Impact Grain Demand? - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15295-how-will-a-surge-in-bio-based-fuels-impact-grain-demand-agweb.md) | -5.1% | -10.1% |
| SOY | 2025-06-13 | [Soybeans and Bean Oil Surge on RVO News: How High Will Prices Run?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5340-soybeans-and-bean-oil-surge-on-rvo-news-how-high-will-prices-run.md) | +2.5% | -4.3% |
| SOY | 2025-07-19 | [Soy-based biofuels score two wins; one with EPA, another in Congress  - Indiana Corn and Soy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15108-soy-based-biofuels-score-two-wins-one-with-epa-another-in-congress-indiana-corn.md) | -2.8% | -0.5% |

## Sources

- farmermac.com: https://www.farmermac.com/how-will-a-surge-in-bio-based-fuels-impact-grain-demand/

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