In Big Win for Farmers, EPA Boosts Biofuels Quota to Be Blended Into Gas and Diesel (ADM:NYSE)

In big win for farmers, EPA boosts biofuels quota to be blended into gas and diesel (ADM:NYSE)

US refiners must increase the amount of biofuels they blend into gasoline and diesel this year and next, after the EPA released long-awaited biofuels blending standards that favored farmers.

EPA increases biofuels in new Renewable Fuel Standard

Corn silks begin to show on an Iowa corn field in early July. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch)New U.S. Environmental Protection Agency goals call for an all-time high volume of biofuels to be blended into gasoline and diesel, the agency said in a Friday news release following President Donald Trump’s announcement at the White House. The EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard for 2026 and 2027 will set the volume of biofuels at the highest leve…

EPA raises biofuel blending standards in win for farmers

President Donald Trump and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin finalized long-awaited biofuel blending standards Friday aimed at supporting U.S. farmers. At a White House event with farmers and ranchers, Trump announced the EPA had finalized its Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) “Set 2” requirements. The RFS, established under the Clean Air Act, requires transportation fuel to contain an increasing volume of renewable fuel, a po…

Markets react negatively to EPA Renewable Fuel Standard announcement

A market analyst says grain markets were quick to react to announcements made during White House’s Great American Agriculture Celebration on Friday.  “Immediately, the markets are down, they are not reacting positively at all.” Angie Setzer with Consus Ag Consulting tells Brownfield, “It’s difficult to completely assess whether there’s disappointment in the announcement, or it’s just the […] The post Markets react negatively to EPA Renewable Fue…

EPA Finalizes Historic New Renewable Fuel Standards to Strengthen American Energy Security, Support Rural Economies - Oklahoma Farm Report

Today at the White House Great American Agriculture Celebration, President Trump announced that U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized the historic Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) “Set 2” final rule. The final rule realigns the program with Congress’ original intent—increasing the use of homegrown American biofuels—putting American farmers first and promoting American energy independence. In the 20th year of the RFS program, “Set…

US finalizes biofuel blending quotas for 2026-27

WASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) — The Trump administration on Friday finalized new biofuel blending volumes mandates for the U.S. oil refiners, requiring more of the fuels made from corn and other agricultural products than initially proposed, in an apparent win for farmers. The Environmental Protection Agency set total 2026 biofuel obligations at 26.81 billion RINs and the 2027 obligation at 27.02 billion RINs. The total mandates include 70% of …