Road To Clean Energy -- Loss Of Jobs -- April 9, 2021

North Dakota farmers: the tea leaves suggest those farmers who can manage the drought situation in North Dakota this year will do very, very well; this begs the question: why not more irrigation in western North Dakota?

Got corn? Corn futures rise to highest since 2013 before USDA report. 

Meanwhile, in the EU: the EU is considering relaxing its ban on feeding processed animal protein (PAP) to domestic livestock amid tighter oilseed protein supply and surging international prices; I'm assuming we're talking about:

• soybeans
• rapeseed (canola): see this post;
• sunflower
• fatty acids and vegetable seed oil;

ExxomMobil is considering shutting down refinery in Norway. Link here. Great news for US refiners.

• cites refining overcapacity, falling demand for fuels;
• Slagen refinery processes North Sea crude, major fuel exporter;
• European refiners looking to biofuels, hydrogen projects;
• if converted to a terminal, Slagen would import high-quality fuel products;
• many story lines; much more at the link.