# Darling Ingredients completes acquisition of Valley Proteins

> Darling Ingredients has completed its acquisition of Valley Proteins, a US rendering company, adding 18 rendering plants and used cooking oil facilities across the southern, southeast and mid-Atlantic states. The deal was announced in December 2021 at a price of $1.1 billion.

- Date: 2022-05-03 · published 2022-05-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/41528-darling-ingredients-completes-acquisition-of-valley-proteins
- Commodities: [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

The added rendering and used cooking oil capacity increases Darling's control of animal fat and waste oil feedstocks for renewable diesel, which supports demand for vegetable oils and tallow and can firm meat meal supply dynamics.

## Read by commodity

- MBM: neutral
- SBO: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2017-10-26 | [Commerce Department Imposes Preliminary Antidumping Determination on Biodiesel Imports - American Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68545-commerce-department-imposes-preliminary-antidumping-determination-on-biodiesel.md) | +1.9% | -0.6% |
| SBO | 2017-08-28 | [Federal Register
       :: 
      Biodiesel From the Republic of Indonesia: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69314-federal-register-biodiesel-from-the-republic-of-indonesia-preliminary.md) | +2.0% | -2.4% |
| SBO | 2017-10-18 | [Awaiting Final US Ruling over Indonesia's Alleged Biodiesel Dumping \| Indonesia Investments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68337-awaiting-final-us-ruling-over-indonesia-s-alleged-biodiesel-dumping-indonesia.md) | +2.2% | +1.3% |
| SBO | 2018-01-29 | [WTO Rules in Favor of Indonesia on EU's Biodiesel Anti-Dumping Duties \| Indonesia Investments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66874-wto-rules-in-favor-of-indonesia-on-eu-s-biodiesel-anti-dumping-duties-indonesia.md) | -0.9% | -0.5% |
| SBO | 2026-06-25 | [EU sharply increases oilseed exports despite reduced sunflower production and reduced processing](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12622-eu-sharply-increases-oilseed-exports-despite-reduced-sunflower-production-and.md) | -2.8% | +8.0% |

## Sources

- feedstuffs.com: https://www.feedstuffs.com/agribusiness-news/darling-ingredients-completes-acquisition-of-valley-proteins

---
Data from Feedsoft AI (https://feedsoft.ai/). For information only; not investment advice.