# Soy Growers Want Off EPA’s Deadline Merry-Go-Round - American Soybean Association

> EPA finalized a rule on January 28, 2022 pushing back compliance deadlines for refiners to meet 2020 and 2021 Renewable Fuel Standard blending obligations. The American Soybean Association criticized the repeated deadline changes as creating uncertainty for biomass-based diesel producers.

- Date: 2022-01-28 · published 2022-01-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/15424-soy-growers-want-off-epa-s-deadline-merry-go-round-american-soybean-association
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Delayed RFS compliance keeps biofuel blending demand for soybean oil uncertain, which can weigh on soybean oil prices and the soy complex until firm volumes are set.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: neutral
- SOY: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2019-01-24 | [Soy Leaders ‘Engage’ with Biodiesel Industry - American Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60969-soy-leaders-engage-with-biodiesel-industry-american-soybean-association.md) | +3.5% | +3.8% |
| SBO | 2019-03-14 | [EPA Proposes RFS RIN Reforms Along with E15 - American Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59975-epa-proposes-rfs-rin-reforms-along-with-e15-american-soybean-association.md) | -1.4% | -2.1% |
| SBO | 2017-12-19 | [10 Years of Biodiesel in the RFS - American Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67351-10-years-of-biodiesel-in-the-rfs-american-soybean-association.md) | +0.5% | -2.4% |
| SBO | 2018-01-25 | [Soy Growers, Industry Leaders Discuss RFS, Tax Credit at National Biodiesel Conference - American Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66863-soy-growers-industry-leaders-discuss-rfs-tax-credit-at-national-biodiesel.md) | +1.2% | -2.0% |
| SBO | 2017-06-22 | [Soybean Industry Supports Biodiesel Industry on Capitol Hill - American Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70357-soybean-industry-supports-biodiesel-industry-on-capitol-hill-american-soybean.md) | +0.8% | +6.7% |
| SOY | 2017-12-19 | [10 Years of Biodiesel in the RFS - American Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67351-10-years-of-biodiesel-in-the-rfs-american-soybean-association.md) | -0.2% | +1.2% |
| SOY | 2020-11-05 | [Economist’s Angle: Where Do Phase One Purchases Stand? - American Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50021-economist-s-angle-where-do-phase-one-purchases-stand-american-soybean.md) | +6.0% | +8.3% |
| SOY | 2023-02-17 | [American Soybean Association tells EPA to affirm its commitment to a strong RFS](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15329-american-soybean-association-tells-epa-to-affirm-its-commitment-to-a-strong-rfs.md) | +0.2% | -3.3% |

## Sources

- soygrowers.com: https://soygrowers.com/news-releases/soy-growers-want-off-epas-deadline-merry-go-round/

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