NOVELTY - Method (m1) for processing amide-containing feedstock, comprises exposing bio-oil containing feedstock containing at least 1 wt.% nitrogen and at least 5 wt.% fatty amides to first catalyst comprising at least 5 wt.% of rare earth metal salt, alkali metal salt and/or alkaline earth metal salt under effective deoxygenation conditions, separating obtained effluent to form at least gas phase effluent and liquid effluent containing ketones, and exposing at least portion of liquid effluent to hydroprocessing catalyst under effective hydroprocessing conditions to form deoxygenated effluent.    USE - The method (m1) is useful for processing an amide-containing feedstock.    ADVANTAGE - The method (m1): has ability to process bio-oils with elevated nitrogen contents which allows for greater processing flexibility when processing biomass feeds that contain proteins e.g. a biomass feed containing proteins that is derived from an algae source, where the feed is subsequently treated by hydrothermal processing; and allows lower hydrogen consumption during hydroprocessing of the pyrolysis oil while improving overall processability for a pyrolysis oil feed.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Method (m1) for processing an amide-containing feedstock, comprises either: exposing a bio-oil containing feedstock containing at least 1 wt.% nitrogen and at least 5 wt.% fatty amides to a first catalyst comprising at least 5 wt.% of a rare earth metal salt, an alkali metal salt and/or an alkaline earth metal salt under effective deoxygenation conditions to form an effluent containing ketones, separating the effluent to form at least a gas phase effluent and a liquid effluent containing ketones, and exposing at least a portion of the liquid effluent to a hydroprocessing catalyst under effective hydroprocessing conditions to form a deoxygenated effluent, where an average carbon number of the ketones in the liquid effluent is greater than 1.5 times an average carbon number for the combined fatty amides, fatty acids and fatty acid derivatives; or exposing a bio-oil containing feedstock containing at least 5 wt.% fatty amides to a catalyst comprising at least 5 wt.% of a rare earth metal salt, an alkali metal salt and/or an alkaline earth metal salt in the presence of hydrogen under effective deoxygenation conditions to form an effluent containing ketones, where the wt.% of ketones in the effluent being at least 50% of the combined weight percentage of fatty amides, fatty acids and fatty acid derivatives in the feedstock, and exposing, without intermediate separation, at least a portion of the effluent containing ketones to a hydroprocessing catalyst under effective hydroprocessing conditions to form the deoxygenated effluent, where an average carbon number of the ketones in the effluent is greater than 1.5 times an average carbon number for the combined fatty amides, fatty acids and fatty acid derivatives. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method (m2) for processing a feedstock comprising: exposing a pyrolysis oil feedstock with a pH of less than or equal to 4 to a first catalyst comprising at least 5 wt.% of a rare earth metal salt, an alkali metal salt and/or an alkaline earth metal salt under effective conditions to form an effluent with a pH greater than 4; and exposing at least a portion of the effluent with a pH greater than 4 to the hydroprocessing catalyst under effective hydroprocessing conditions to form the deoxygenated effluent.