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The refined, bleached and deodorized soybean oil basis fell in the week to December 4 as refiners faced declining forward demand. Biodiesel producers slowed or stopped feedstock purchases ahead of the shift from the blenders tax credit to the 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit.
Slowing biodiesel feedstock buying and weaker refiner demand reduce near-term soyoil bids, pressuring soyoil basis and prices.
After 351 past bearish policy events, Soybean Oil moved a median -0.0% over 5 sessions (49% higher; middle half -1.7% to +1.8%), and -0.2% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.