# California is on track to eliminate ‘dirty diesel’ by 2030—thanks to Midwest soybean farmers | Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.

> California's trucks and buses now use more biomass-based diesel than petroleum diesel, and renewable diesel from soybean feedstocks is on track to eliminate fossil diesel by 2030. The Air Resources Board is reviewing Low Carbon Fuel Standard rules, and environmental groups want caps on crop-based feedstock credits.

- Date: 2023-10-04 · published 2023-10-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/15273-california-is-on-track-to-eliminate-dirty-diesel-by-2030-thanks-to-midwest
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Continued LCFS support for crop-based renewable diesel sustains soybean oil demand, while any caps on crop-based credits would reduce that demand.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2022-12-07 | [Renewable diesel boom fueling soybean crushing expansion \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15347-renewable-diesel-boom-fueling-soybean-crushing-expansion-agri-pulse.md) | -1.4% | -5.2% |
| SBO | 2020-01-27 | [Existing feedstocks critical for doubling biodiesel use by 2030 \| 2020-01-27  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55174-existing-feedstocks-critical-for-doubling-biodiesel-use-by-2030-2020-01-27-agri.md) | -6.5% | -7.9% |
| SBO | 2021-09-01 | [US soy: Renewable diesel not a food-versus-fuel issue \| 2021-08-31  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44937-us-soy-renewable-diesel-not-a-food-versus-fuel-issue-2021-08-31-agri-pulse.md) | -1.4% | +0.3% |
| 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 | 2021-10-27 | [Dramatic expansion in renewable diesel production could pose challenge to some biodiesel producers \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44391-dramatic-expansion-in-renewable-diesel-production-could-pose-challenge-to-some.md) | -1.6% | -4.9% |

## Sources

- agri-pulse.com: https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/20043-california-is-on-track-to-eliminate-dirty-diesel-by-2030thanks-to-midwest-soybean-farmers

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