# Plummeting Vegetable Oil Prices Shake Markets with a 5% Dive | AgriTalker – Agriculture, Climate and Environment News

> AgriTalker reports vegetable oil prices fell about 5% in early December as Brent and WTI crude dropped sharply, with Brent at $77.2 per barrel, its lowest since July. Better South American weather also weighed on the complex, with soybean and palm oil among the markets declining.

- Date: 2023-12-06 · published 2023-12-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/32781-plummeting-vegetable-oil-prices-shake-markets-with-a-5-dive-agritalker
- Commodities: [Crude Oil (Brent)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BRENT.md), [Crude Oil (WTI)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WTI.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Lower crude oil reduces the discretionary biofuel margin for vegetable oils, pushing soyoil and palm oil prices lower.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bearish ▼
- WTI: bearish ▼
- BRENT: bearish ▼
- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BRENT | 2025-03-05 | [Declining crude oil and vegetable oil prices lower prices for sunflower seeds and oil in Ukraine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11140-declining-crude-oil-and-vegetable-oil-prices-lower-prices-for-sunflower-seeds.md) | -1.6% | +6.2% |
| BRENT | 2020-03-27 | [Oil price crash: a glimpse into the future for global energy markets? Q&A with Pierre Noel](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7880-oil-price-crash-a-glimpse-into-the-future-for-global-energy-markets-q-and-a.md) | -1.2% | -25.9% |
| BRENT | 2020-04-10 | [Markets starting to reveal new demand paradigms — this week in the grain markets - RealAgriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53693-markets-starting-to-reveal-new-demand-paradigms-this-week-in-the-grain-markets.md) | -6.7% | +8.6% |
| BRENT | 2020-03-11 | [Ag Markets Feel Pinch As Oil Prices Plunge - ProAg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54223-ag-markets-feel-pinch-as-oil-prices-plunge-proag.md) | -22.1% | -27.1% |
| BRENT | 2023-03-07 | [Oil and Gold Prices Slump As Powell Signals Further Rate Hikes to Come - Markets Insider](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36780-oil-and-gold-prices-slump-as-powell-signals-further-rate-hikes-to-come-markets.md) | -6.7% | -0.8% |
| WTI | 2025-03-05 | [Declining crude oil and vegetable oil prices lower prices for sunflower seeds and oil in Ukraine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11140-declining-crude-oil-and-vegetable-oil-prices-lower-prices-for-sunflower-seeds.md) | -2.9% | +4.5% |
| WTI | 2020-03-27 | [Oil price crash: a glimpse into the future for global energy markets? Q&A with Pierre Noel](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7880-oil-price-crash-a-glimpse-into-the-future-for-global-energy-markets-q-and-a.md) | +37.1% | -32.8% |
| WTI | 2020-09-30 | [Prices for vegetable oil are falling after oil quotations](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51197-prices-for-vegetable-oil-are-falling-after-oil-quotations.md) | +3.7% | +0.8% |

## Sources

- agritalker.com: https://agritalker.com/plummeting-vegetable-oil-prices-shake-markets/

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