# National Biodiesel Day: Action Needed to Boost Clean Fuels

> Iowa Soybean Association marked National Biodiesel Day by citing idle or reduced-capacity biodiesel plants in Iowa. It attributes this to federal policy uncertainty and sluggish trade, and it calls for a final biodiesel tax credit rule and a better-aligned RFS.

- Date: 2025-03-18 · published 2025-03-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/15137-national-biodiesel-day-action-needed-to-boost-clean-fuels
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Idled biodiesel plants reduce soybean oil demand and weaken the soybean value chain, which is bearish for soy oil and soybean prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2024-11-14 | [Clean Fuels, soy growers urge Congress to extend biodiesel tax credit](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15172-clean-fuels-soy-growers-urge-congress-to-extend-biodiesel-tax-credit.md) | -3.9% | -7.1% |
| SBO | 2025-01-23 | [Fixes Are Needed To Get Biofuels Out Of Tough Position](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15152-fixes-are-needed-to-get-biofuels-out-of-tough-position.md) | +1.7% | +4.4% |
| SBO | 2017-05-09 | [Congress urged to extend biodiesel blenders’ tax credit - Biofuels International Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70874-congress-urged-to-extend-biodiesel-blenders-tax-credit-biofuels-international.md) | +0.9% | -4.1% |
| SBO | 2021-07-19 | [New Argentina biodiesel law to weigh on international soyoil prices -industry \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46141-new-argentina-biodiesel-law-to-weigh-on-international-soyoil-prices-industry.md) | -0.1% | -1.4% |
| SBO | 2019-03-19 | [NBB: EPA Undercuts Additional Demand for Biomass-Based Diesel - Fuels Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59972-nbb-epa-undercuts-additional-demand-for-biomass-based-diesel-fuels-market-news.md) | -2.1% | -2.1% |

## Sources

- iasoybeans.com: https://www.iasoybeans.com/newsroom/press-release/national-biodiesel-day-highlights-considerable-work-left-to-boost-clean-fuels

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