Platts reports the Bo-Ho factor, the spread between heating oil futures and soybean oil feedstock that signals discretionary biodiesel blending viability, reached a two-year high of 59.87 cents/gal on stronger soybean oil prices. Economics remain unfavorable for added blending despite the reinstated $1/gal biodiesel credit.
Higher soybean oil feedstock costs relative to diesel discourage discretionary blending, which limits soybean oil demand from the biofuel sector and weighs on producer margins.
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