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California’s renewable diesel market steadily growing

Sue Roesler
Sep 11, 2023
Sep 11, 2023

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The renewable diesel market is steadily growing and is still profitable, just not as much as it was a couple of years ago.

Only 20 percent of the gallons of feedstock used to produce renewable diesel in the first quarter in California actually came from soybean oil.

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The renewable diesel market is still profitable, but not as much as it was a couple of years ago, according to Dave Ripplinger, NDSU Extension bioenergy/bioproduct economics specialist.

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