# US oil and biofuel coalition meets with EPA to seek biomass diesel boost | Reuters

> A US oil and biofuel coalition met with the EPA to push for biomass-based diesel mandates of 5.5 to 5.75 billion gallons, up from the current 3.35 billion gallons. The coalition document was viewed by Reuters.

- Date: 2025-04-01 · published 2025-04-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/15125-us-oil-and-biofuel-coalition-meets-with-epa-to-seek-biomass-diesel-boost-reuters
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Higher RFS volume mandates would increase demand for soybean oil and other feedstocks used in biodiesel and renewable diesel, supporting vegetable oil prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- SOY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2025-02-20 | [US oil, biofuel groups unite to urge new Trump EPA to boost biofuel mandates \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15141-us-oil-biofuel-groups-unite-to-urge-new-trump-epa-to-boost-biofuel-mandates.md) | -0.2% | -5.0% |
| SBO | 2025-04-02 | [Oil, biofuel coalition presents unified RFS request to EPA  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15128-oil-biofuel-coalition-presents-unified-rfs-request-to-epa-agri-pulse.md) | -1.6% | +5.1% |
| SBO | 2025-11-04 | [Impact Of Recent EPA Decisions On 2023-2027 RVOs For Biomass-Based Diesel - Michigan Advanced Biofuels Coalition](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15075-impact-of-recent-epa-decisions-on-2023-2027-rvos-for-biomass-based-diesel.md) | +1.2% | +5.1% |
| SBO | 2026-01-19 | [Soybean Oil Surges With US Biofuel Quotas Expected by March - Governors' Biofuels Coalition](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15061-soybean-oil-surges-with-us-biofuel-quotas-expected-by-march-governors-biofuels.md) | +1.7% | +6.7% |
| SBO | 2026-04-30 | [Record US biofuel targets to test biodiesel industry after slow year \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15030-record-us-biofuel-targets-to-test-biodiesel-industry-after-slow-year-reuters.md) | +0.5% | -3.5% |
| SOY | 2025-02-20 | [US oil, biofuel groups unite to urge new Trump EPA to boost biofuel mandates \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15141-us-oil-biofuel-groups-unite-to-urge-new-trump-epa-to-boost-biofuel-mandates.md) | -0.7% | -2.3% |
| SOY | 2025-04-02 | [Oil, biofuel coalition presents unified RFS request to EPA  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15128-oil-biofuel-coalition-presents-unified-rfs-request-to-epa-agri-pulse.md) | -4.0% | +0.0% |
| SOY | 2025-11-04 | [Impact Of Recent EPA Decisions On 2023-2027 RVOs For Biomass-Based Diesel - Michigan Advanced Biofuels Coalition](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15075-impact-of-recent-epa-decisions-on-2023-2027-rvos-for-biomass-based-diesel.md) | -0.3% | +0.4% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/oil-biofuel-coalition-meet-with-epa-tuesday-2025-04-01/

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