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Implementation of higher biodiesel mandates in Indonesia, the world’s biggest palm oil producer, is likely to tighten supplies of the vegetable oil, a leading industry analyst said on Tuesday. Photo: Natt Boonyatecha/iStock/Getty Images
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Higher biodiesel mandates in Indonesia to curb palm oil supplies, analyst says

Decrease in available palm oil would be ‘catastrophic’ for global consumers, analyst says

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Implementation of higher biodiesel mandates in Indonesia, the world's biggest palm oil producer, is likely to tighten supplies of the vegetable oil, a leading industry analyst said on Tuesday. Indonesia currently has a mandatory 35 per cent blend of palm oil-based fuel in biodiesel and is seeking to ramp up to biodiesel containing 40 per cent palm oil to cut its energy imports.
ICE November 2023 canola with Bollinger bands (20,2) and May 2023 canola (black line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: New-crop November canola set to step back

StatCan not expected to sway futures much

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MarketsFarm — There is presently little upside to new-crop November canola on ICE Futures, according to analyst Errol Anderson of ProMarket Communications in Calgary. Anderson pointed to losses in Malaysian palm oil and weakness in China’s soymeal market as weighing on ICE canola values, with more pressure coming out of South America. “The [soybean] production […] Read more
File photo of fresh palm fruits and palm oil. (Slpu9945/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets

USDA’s Indonesia desk predicts increased palm oil production

An El Nino event could weigh on that outlook

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MarketsFarm — Indonesia, the world’s largest producer of palm oil, is forecast to see a three per cent rise in production in 2023-24, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service post in Jakarta. The country’s USDA post anticipates 46 million tonnes of palm oil production, which would be up from 44.7 during […] Read more
ICE March 2023 canola with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola likely rangebound until spring

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MarketsFarm — Unless something very dramatic were to happen in the coming weeks, canola futures on the ICE Futures platform will remain rangebound at least until spring, according to David Derwin, analyst with PI Financial in Winnipeg. “Canola has been very rangebound for the last six to seven months,” he said, noting downward fluctuations during […] Read more
ICE November 2022 canola (candlesticks) with 20-day moving average (yellow line, right column) and NYMEX November 2022 West Texas intermediate crude (black line, left column). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola shouldn’t fall hard

Loonie keeping oilseed off sharper decline

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MarketsFarm — As Malaysian palm oil futures tumbled to 20-year lows during the week of Sept. 26, they have put a lot of pressure on canola prices, analyst Errol Anderson of ProMarket Communications in Calgary said. However, he said, the Canadian dollar has been the backstop that kept the oilseed from falling with palm oil. […] Read more
ICE July 2022 canola (candlesticks, right column) with 20-day moving average (yellow line) and CME July 2022 crude palm oil (orange line, left column). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola books steep rise in prices

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MarketsFarm — Canola prices, along with other edible oils, received a strong boost on Wednesday due to sharp upticks in Malaysian palm oil values. Canola futures have also received support from a bullish forecast this week from Statistics Canada on planted acres for this spring. Despite the Indonesian government stating Monday its export ban on […] Read more
CBOT July 2022 soyoil (candlesticks, right column) with July 2022 soybeans (yellow line, left column). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soyoil futures rally to record high

Corn hits highest since August 2012

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soyoil futures surged to a record high on Wednesday after Indonesia broadened its export ban on raw materials for cooking oil to fight food inflation, traders said. “The move dramatically tightens an already tight global supply of edible oils that saw global prices surge when the Russian invasion of Ukraine […] Read more

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