# US rendered fats supply picture diverges as fall slaughter season begins - Fastmarkets

> US rendered fat output is diverging as fall slaughter begins, with cumulative technical tallow production up 6.1% to 2.35 billion lb. Meat meal, meat and bone meal and dry rendered tankage production fell 14% year on year to 2.79 billion lb through August.

- Date: 2026-10-13 · published 2026-10-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/566-us-rendered-fats-supply-picture-diverges-as-fall-slaughter-season-begins
- Commodities: [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md)

## Why it matters

Lower meat and bone meal output tightens a protein feed supply, supporting prices for MBM relative to other protein meals.

## Read by commodity

- MBM: bullish ▲

## Sources

- fastmarkets.com: https://www.fastmarkets.com/insights/us-rendered-fats-supply-picture-diverges-as-fall-slaughter-season-begins/

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