# US renewable diesel production faces headwinds from high feedstock costs

> S&P Global reports that high feedstock costs are slowing US renewable diesel expansion, with CVR Energy keeping its Wynnewood hydrocracker in oil service. Platts projects US renewable diesel output of 4,081 million gallons a year by 2025, up from 538 million in 2020, and most new plants plan to use soybean oil.

- Date: 2021-08-11 · published 2021-08-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45443-us-renewable-diesel-production-faces-headwinds-from-high-feedstock-costs
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Rising demand for soybean oil as renewable diesel feedstock keeps its price high and supports soybean crush margins. Slower plant conversions could ease that demand, but the longer-term outlook still favors soybean oil.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- SOY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2021-08-19 | [Marathon Petroleum Corp., ADM Announce Feedstock Partnership to Support Renewable Diesel Production](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45448-marathon-petroleum-corp-adm-announce-feedstock-partnership-to-support-renewable.md) | -4.3% | -8.1% |
| SBO | 2020-09-21 | [Analysis: High credit values outweigh cost of production for US renewable distillates \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50991-analysis-high-credit-values-outweigh-cost-of-production-for-us-renewable.md) | -6.8% | -6.4% |
| SBO | 2026-09-11 | [Biodiesel Producers Prepare for Higher US Renewable Fuel Requirements](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14995-biodiesel-producers-prepare-for-higher-us-renewable-fuel-requirements.md) | +0.2% | -2.0% |
| SBO | 2025-08-07 | [Analysis of Feedstock Policy on U.S. Renewable Fuels Production \| Stillwater Associates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15099-analysis-of-feedstock-policy-on-u-s-renewable-fuels-production-stillwater.md) | -0.3% | -1.9% |
| SBO | 2023-08-22 | [Don’t write-off renewable diesel; feedstock demand is only in the](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34660-don-t-write-off-renewable-diesel-feedstock-demand-is-only-in-the.md) | -1.1% | -8.2% |
| SOY | 2021-08-19 | [Marathon Petroleum Corp., ADM Announce Feedstock Partnership to Support Renewable Diesel Production](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45448-marathon-petroleum-corp-adm-announce-feedstock-partnership-to-support-renewable.md) | -0.9% | -4.6% |
| SOY | 2026-09-11 | [Biodiesel Producers Prepare for Higher US Renewable Fuel Requirements](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14995-biodiesel-producers-prepare-for-higher-us-renewable-fuel-requirements.md) | +3.1% | +0.0% |
| SOY | 2023-07-17 | [Renewable diesel holds promising potential](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15297-renewable-diesel-holds-promising-potential.md) | +0.4% | -6.3% |

## Sources

- spglobal.com: https://www.spglobal.com/commodity-insights/en/news-research/latest-news/agriculture/081121-us-renewable-diesel-production-faces-headwinds-from-high-feedstock-costs

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