# EPA delaying issuing 2026 usage mandates to end of next year | Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.

> The EPA says it likely will not finalize 2026 biofuel volume obligations until December 2025, according to the Biden administration's regulatory agenda. Industry had expected a November 1 statutory deadline. Biodiesel and renewable diesel groups say the delay has contributed to a collapse in RIN credit prices.

- Date: 2024-07-10 · published 2024-07-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/15199-epa-delaying-issuing-2026-usage-mandates-to-end-of-next-year-agri-pulse
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Delayed mandate clarity creates uncertainty over biomass-based diesel demand for soybean oil and tallow, pressuring feedstock demand and prices. A possible administration change adds further policy risk.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bearish ▼
- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2017-09-26 | [EPA seeking input on ‘potential reductions’ in RFS volumes \| 2017-09-26 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68825-epa-seeking-input-on-potential-reductions-in-rfs-volumes-2017-09-26-agri-pulse.md) | -4.4% | +2.5% |
| SBO | 2019-07-05 | [EPA proposes no growth in biofuels except cellulosic \| 2019-07-05 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57957-epa-proposes-no-growth-in-biofuels-except-cellulosic-2019-07-05-agri-pulse-agri.md) | +0.2% | -1.2% |
| SBO | 2024-02-06 | [Clean Fuels CEO looks to new domestic markets, exports to offset 'dreadfully wrong' RVOs \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15235-clean-fuels-ceo-looks-to-new-domestic-markets-exports-to-offset-dreadfully.md) | +4.8% | -0.9% |
| SBO | 2019-12-19 | [EPA sticks with RFS reallocation plan over farm country wishes \| 2019-12-19  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55454-epa-sticks-with-rfs-reallocation-plan-over-farm-country-wishes-2019-12-19-agri.md) | +2.8% | -0.2% |
| SBO | 2021-09-22 | [Biofuel blending targets could include big volume cuts  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44935-biofuel-blending-targets-could-include-big-volume-cuts-agri-pulse.md) | +4.9% | +12.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2017-09-26 | [EPA seeking input on ‘potential reductions’ in RFS volumes \| 2017-09-26 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68825-epa-seeking-input-on-potential-reductions-in-rfs-volumes-2017-09-26-agri-pulse.md) | -4.3% | -1.5% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-04-13 | [New relaxations of blending mandates could reduce demand](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15405-new-relaxations-of-blending-mandates-could-reduce-demand.md) | +2.4% | +2.5% |
| PALMOIL | 2017-07-12 | [France announces new five-year climate plan that puts end to “imported deforestation” of products like palm oil and soy - Mighty Earth](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70005-france-announces-new-five-year-climate-plan-that-puts-end-to-imported.md) | -1.3% | +2.5% |

## Sources

- agri-pulse.com: https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/21348-epa-delaying-issuing-2026-usage-mandates-to-end-of-next-year

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