Articles tagged under: Renewable Fuel Standard

Farmers Need Certainty of RFS Road Map

Published October 4, 2019

The Renewable Fuel Standard can provide a market road map for farmers. "Suddenly, the map is being pulled away and we don't know which way to go," said Brian Thalmann, past president, Minnesota Corn Growers Association. "In the recent weeks,…
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Grassley Hopeful EPA Will Keep Its Word

Published October 4, 2019

The biggest prize of EPA’s entire promise was addressing small refinery waivers. That’s according to Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley. The EPA is offering a three-year rolling average in the 2020 Renewable Volume Obligations (or RVOs). "There are also things included…
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Perdue: RFS Plan Still Being Worked Out

Published October 2, 2019

Speaking to reporters at World Dairy Expo, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said the details of a new plan to offset small refinery waivers under the Renewable Fuel Standard are still being hammered out. "President Trump insisted we maintain 15 billion…
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Iowa Farmers Holding Trump Accountable for RFS

Published September 27, 2019

The ethanol industry is still waiting to hear from the Trump administration on a Renewable Fuels Standard announcement. At issue are small refinery waivers. Primghar, Iowa farmer Kelly Nieuwenhius wants the Trump administration to reallocate lost gallons and says farmers…
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Biofuels Announcement Still on Hold

Published September 24, 2019

Lawmakers are still waiting to see a compromise on paper regarding biofuels and the Renewable Fuel Standard. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley said Renewable Identification Numbers (RIN) caps would do the same damage as small refinery waivers. "There's a feeling the…
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House Lawmakers Write EPA on Small Refinery Waivers

Published September 22, 2019

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson and other House lawmakers sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler on Friday, asking Wheeler to address damage caused by small refinery exemptions. In the letter,…
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Renewable Fuel Negotiations Continue

Published September 13, 2019

Negotiations continue between President Trump, lawmakers and the biofuels industry. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says he's been involved with the reallocation of waived ethanol. "I thought it would be done by now." Grassley says he is optimistic a compromise can…
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