# Biofuels industry seeks certainty, stability

> At a House Agriculture Committee hearing, Growth Energy's CEO called for certainty on the Renewable Fuel Standard and year-round E15 sales. The EPA has not yet issued proposed rules for 2022 volume obligations, which were due by November 30, 2021, or for the set rule due November 1.

- Date: 2021-11-16 · published 2021-11-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/15434-biofuels-industry-seeks-certainty-stability
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Industry requests for policy clarity highlight that biofuel demand for vegetable oils and corn depends on pending EPA decisions. The hearing itself does not change volumes, so its direct price effect is limited.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2020-07-29 | [Biofuels Industry Waits for Financial Relief, RFS Volumes Amid Uncertainty](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51965-biofuels-industry-waits-for-financial-relief-rfs-volumes-amid-uncertainty.md) | +7.2% | +8.7% |
| SBO | 2019-07-05 | [Biofuel industry criticizes EPA’s 2020 RFS levels](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57960-biofuel-industry-criticizes-epa-s-2020-rfs-levels.md) | +0.2% | -1.2% |
| SBO | 2020-04-17 | [Biofuels industry opposes governors’ RFS request](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53527-biofuels-industry-opposes-governors-rfs-request.md) | -2.6% | -1.4% |
| SBO | 2019-09-03 | [Biofuels industry focuses on SREs in 2020 RFS RVO comments \| Biodiesel Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56939-biofuels-industry-focuses-on-sres-in-2020-rfs-rvo-comments-biodiesel-magazine.md) | -1.3% | +1.2% |
| SBO | 2025-01-02 | [Biofuels Positioned for 2025 Success Despite Policy Uncertainty](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15150-biofuels-positioned-for-2025-success-despite-policy-uncertainty.md) | -0.6% | +10.7% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/corn/biofuels-industry-seeks-certainty-stability

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