# Contact Us - Sherbrooke Record - America First at the Pump: Soybean Oil Futures Skyrocket as EPA Targets Imported Biofuel Feedstocks

> The EPA has proposed restructuring the Renewable Fuel Standard so that imported waste feedstocks would lose tax credits. Soybean oil futures surged to multi-year highs on the proposal as the market priced in stronger domestic demand.

- Date: 2018-05-25 · published 2018-05-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65107-contact-us-sherbrooke-record-america-first-at-the-pump-soybean-oil-futures
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Excluding imported feedstocks would shift biodiesel production toward domestic oilseed oils, lifting US soybean oil demand and prices. Imported feedstocks such as used cooking oil and palm-based inputs could lose market share.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2016-11-23 | [Soybeans, soybean oil bound higher after EPA raises biofuel targets: Podcast](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6690-soybeans-soybean-oil-bound-higher-after-epa-raises-biofuel-targets-podcast.md) | +6.7% | +4.5% |
| SBO | 2025-12-31 | [Biofuel mandates redraw the soybean oil map in South America](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21598-biofuel-mandates-redraw-the-soybean-oil-map-in-south-america.md) | -0.9% | +7.4% |
| SBO | 2023-10-12 | [US shifts to net soybean oil importer on biofuel boom: Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15267-us-shifts-to-net-soybean-oil-importer-on-biofuel-boom-foreign-agricultural.md) | +5.1% | +0.1% |
| SBO | 2016-11-23 | [Big Corn beats Big Oil as U.S. hikes 2017 biofuel targets \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73745-big-corn-beats-big-oil-as-u-s-hikes-2017-biofuel-targets-reuters.md) | +6.7% | +4.5% |
| SBO | 2026-09-02 | [CBOT soybean oil rises 7.2% as EPA reallocation shifts biofuel outlook \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14992-cbot-soybean-oil-rises-7-2-as-epa-reallocation-shifts-biofuel-outlook-s-and-p.md) | -4.0% | -7.2% |
| PALMOIL | 2023-06-22 | [Palm extends losses over soybean oil and lower US biofuel mandate - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35581-palm-extends-losses-over-soybean-oil-and-lower-us-biofuel-mandate-markets.md) | +0.5% | +13.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-06-14 | [EU biofuel ruling hits prices of palm and coconut oil \| Analysis & Features \| The Grocer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58690-eu-biofuel-ruling-hits-prices-of-palm-and-coconut-oil-analysis-and-features-the.md) | +0.5% | -2.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-12-06 | [Soybean oil prices fall amid shrinking prospects for US biodiesel consumption](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38342-soybean-oil-prices-fall-amid-shrinking-prospects-for-us-biodiesel-consumption.md) | -4.6% | +3.7% |

## Sources

- business.sherbrookerecord.com: https://business.sherbrookerecord.com/sherbrookerecord/article/marketminute-2026-4-2-america-first-at-the-pump-soybean-oil-futures-skyrocket-as-epa-targets-imported-biofuel-feedstocks

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