# Louis Dreyfus reports fire at largest U.S. soy processing plant

> Louis Dreyfus Company reported a fire at its Claypool, Indiana soybean processing and biodiesel plant on Tuesday, which was extinguished by 9:15 p.m. central time. No employees were injured. The company suspended soybean deliveries at the plant on Wednesday.

- Date: 2022-02-16 · published 2022-02-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/42779-louis-dreyfus-reports-fire-at-largest-u-s-soy-processing-plant
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Claypool is described as the largest fully integrated soy crush and biodiesel plant in the US, so a prolonged outage could cut soymeal and soyoil output at a time of strong demand, supporting meal and oil prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- SBO: bullish ▲
- SOY: bearish ▼

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2025-02-26 | [Argentine oilseed union threatens strike in key soy processing plants](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13877-argentine-oilseed-union-threatens-strike-in-key-soy-processing-plants.md) | -2.1% | +0.9% |
| SBM | 2021-03-23 | [Soy, sugar traders fight for space in Latam's largest port; costs jump](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48144-soy-sugar-traders-fight-for-space-in-latam-s-largest-port-costs-jump.md) | -0.1% | +2.6% |
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| SBM | 2021-01-22 | [Argentina's Atlantic ports paralysed as lorry drivers strike deepens - Fastmarkets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49133-argentina-s-atlantic-ports-paralysed-as-lorry-drivers-strike-deepens-fastmarkets.md) | -1.9% | -1.8% |
| SBO | 2025-02-26 | [Argentine oilseed union threatens strike in key soy processing plants](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13877-argentine-oilseed-union-threatens-strike-in-key-soy-processing-plants.md) | -5.7% | -5.1% |
| SBO | 2018-07-25 | [Report: Bunge to shutter Argentine soy crushing plant \| World-grain.com \| July 25, 2018 13:55 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63873-report-bunge-to-shutter-argentine-soy-crushing-plant-world-grain-com-july-25.md) | +1.7% | +1.2% |
| SBO | 2019-12-13 | [Argentine soy giant Vicentin suspends crushing amid debt crisis - sources \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55421-argentine-soy-giant-vicentin-suspends-crushing-amid-debt-crisis-sources.md) | +5.5% | +5.0% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/louis-dreyfus-reports-fire-largest-us-soy-processing-plant-2022-02-16/

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