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Investment in Unconsolidated Subsidiary
6 Months Ended
Jun. 28, 2025
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]  
Investment in Unconsolidated Subsidiary Investment in Unconsolidated Subsidiaries
On January 21, 2011, a wholly owned subsidiary of Darling entered into a limited liability company agreement with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Valero Energy Corporation (“Valero”) to form Diamond Green Diesel Holdings LLC (“DGD” or the “DGD Joint Venture”). The DGD Joint Venture is owned 50% / 50% with Valero.
Selected financial information for the Company’s DGD Joint Venture is as follows:

(in thousands)June 30, 2025December 31, 2024
Assets:
Cash$163,846 $353,446 
Total other current assets1,106,712 1,137,821 
Property, plant and equipment, net3,798,391 3,868,943 
Other assets315,491 100,307 
Total assets$5,384,440 $5,460,517 
Liabilities and members' equity:
Revolver$100,000 $— 
Total other current portion of long term debt30,496 29,809 
Total other current liabilities265,023 319,688 
Total long term debt691,736 707,158 
Total other long term liabilities18,078 17,195 
Total members' equity4,279,107 4,386,667 
Total liabilities and members' equity$5,384,440 $5,460,517 

Three Months EndedSix Months Ended
(in thousands)June 30, 2025June 30, 2024June 30, 2025June 30, 2024
Revenues:
Operating revenues$1,097,831 $1,184,076 $1,997,740 $2,595,191 
Expenses:
Total costs and expenses less lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment and depreciation, amortization and accretion expense1,119,445 1,014,927 2,096,551 2,174,283 
Lower of cost or market (LCM) inventory valuation adjustment(111,245)15,866 (202,249)37,504 
Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense
61,529 61,910 129,001 127,200 
Total costs and expenses1,069,729 1,092,703 2,023,303 2,338,987 
Operating income/(loss)28,102 91,373 (25,563)256,204 
Other income2,181 6,058 5,883 9,278 
Interest and debt expense, net(12,844)(9,037)(22,150)(20,279)
Income/(loss) before income tax expense17,439 88,394 $(41,830)$245,203 
Income tax expense/(benefit)1,105 — 1,144 (29)
Net income/(loss)$16,334 $88,394 $(42,974)$245,232 

As of June 28, 2025, under the equity method of accounting, the Company has an investment in the DGD Joint Venture of approximately $2,082.9 million on the consolidated balance sheet. The Company has recorded equity in net income from the DGD Joint Venture of approximately $6.0 million and $44.2 million for the three months ended June 28, 2025 and June 29, 2024, respectively. The Company has recorded equity in net income/(loss) from the DGD Joint Venture of approximately $(24.5) million and $122.6 million for the six months ended June 28, 2025 and June 29, 2024, respectively.

On August 16, 2022, the U.S. government enacted the Inflation Reduction Act ( the “IR Act”). As part of the IR Act, the blenders tax credits of $1.00 per gallon were extended as is until December 31, 2024, a new Sustainable Aviation Fuel (“SAF”) blenders tax credit was introduced effective for 2023 and 2024, and a new Clean Fuels Production Credit (the “CFPC”) was created effective from 2025 through 2027. Under the IR Act, Section 40B, SAF, blended with Jet A and sold on or before December 31, 2024, receives a base credit of $1.25 per gallon plus $0.01 for each percentage point by which the lifecycle greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions reduction percentage exceeds 50% up to a maximum supplementary amount of $0.50. Under the CFPC, on-road transportation fuel receives a base credit of up to $1.00 per gallon of renewable diesel (adjusted for inflation each calendar year) multiplied by the fuel's emission reduction percentage as long as it is produced at a qualifying facility and it meets prevailing wage requirements and apprenticeship requirements. Similarly, SAF produced during calendar year 2025 at a qualified facility that meets the apprenticeship and prevailing wage requirements receives a base credit of $1.75 (adjusted for inflation each calendar year) multiplied by the GHG emissions factor for SAF. In contrast to the blenders tax credit, the CFPC requires that
production must take place in the United States. On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”) was enacted in the U.S. The OBBBA includes significant tax related provisions. With respect to the CFPC, the OBBBA extends the credit for two years through December 31, 2029, reduces the maximum credit rate for SAF to $1.00 per gallon for gallons produced after December 31, 2025, and beginning in 2026 all eligible transportation fuel must be derived exclusively from feedstocks produced or grown in the U.S., Mexico or Canada. Furthermore, on July 21, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service released Notice 2025-37, announcing the 2025 calendar year inflation adjustment factor for several green energy credits added to the Code by the IR Act, including the CFPC. Specifically, the base credit for on-road transportation fuel is increased to $1.06 per gallon (from $1.00 per gallon) and SAF is increased to $1.86 per gallon (from $1.75 per gallon) provided the fuel is produced at a qualified facility meeting the prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements. These revised base credits, subject to the aforementioned emission reduction percentages, are applicable for on-road transportation fuel and SAF produced and sold in 2025 (i.e., retroactive effective date of January 1, 2025). For the three months ended June 28, 2025 and June 29, 2024, the DGD Joint Venture recorded approximately $140.2 million and $308.2 million of production tax credits and blenders tax credits, respectively. For the six months ended June 28, 2025 and June 29, 2024, the DGD Joint Venture recorded approximately $191.1 million and $639.2 million of production tax credits and blenders tax credits, respectively. The production tax credit and blenders tax credits are recorded as a reduction of cost of sales by the DGD Joint Venture.

In the six months ended June 28, 2025 and June 29, 2024, the Company received approximately $129.5 million and zero in dividend distributions from the DGD Joint Venture, respectively. In the six months ended June 28, 2025 and June 29, 2024, respectively, the Company made approximately $40.2 million and $90.0 million in capital contributions to the DGD Joint Venture. Subsequent to June 28, 2025, the Company made a capital contribution of approximately $57.0 million on June 30, 2025 to the DGD Joint venture.

In addition to the DGD Joint Venture, the Company has investments in other unconsolidated subsidiaries that are insignificant to the Company.