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By Jeff Wilson, Bloomberg |
March 27, 2013
Corn supplies in the U.S., the biggest grower, are shrinking at the fastest pace in almost four decades as improving demand from ethanol refiners drains reserves already diminished by drought.
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By Phil Flynn |
March 12, 2013
While the oil market fell, RBOB gasoline futures have gone crazy. Yet behind the volatility are a story of record high renewable fuel credits, surging ethanol costs and the possibility of government mandated shortages.
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By Sholom Sanik |
February 25, 2013
Recent developments in India are very bullish and are being completely ignored by the sugar market. Severe drought will affect the 2013-14 crop to the extent that the key growing regions will see acreage fall by 20% to 25%.
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By Louise Downing, Bloomberg |
February 25, 2013
U.S. oil refiners may draw from a reserve of 2.5 billion Renewable Identification Numbers that they’ve banked in previous years to meet federal requirements for the amount of ethanol they blend into gasoline this year.
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By Nicholas Larkin and Isis Almeida, Bloomberg |
February 22, 2013
Sugar traders are the most bullish since October on speculation that the slump in prices to the lowest in 2 1/2 years will spur Brazilian millers to make more biofuel and less of the raw sweetener from cane.
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By Isis Almeida, Bloomberg |
February 12, 2013
Brazilian ethanol prices trading above raw sugar futures for the first time in almost two years are spurring speculation that millers will favor making the biofuel over the sweetener in the season starting in April.
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By Jack Scoville |
February 4, 2013
Sugar closed higher again on ideas that demand is increasing. Most traders still note that big supplies appear to be available to the market, but Brazil said it will increase the ethanol in its gasoline blends in May.
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By Sholom Sanik |
January 31, 2013
Sugar prices have fallen to two-and-a-half year lows amid forecasts for an ever expanding 2012-13 global production/consumption surplus.
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By Sholom Sanik |
January 23, 2013
Since biodiesel broke onto the scene in a meaningful way in the mid-2000s, approximately 10%-15% of U.S. soybean oil output has been used for biodiesel.
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By Phil Flynn |
January 11, 2013
Get ready for a new dynamic in today’s energy trade. In a major shift, the USDA, the NASS and WAOB will begin issuing its major USDA statistical reports at 11:00am CST. For ethanol and corn traders, this is the most notorious report of the year!
