# Proposed ethanol-blending targets signal strong future for sorghum farmers

> Sorghum farmers say EPA's proposed 2026 and 2027 Renewable Fuel Standard volumes, which call for 15 billion gallons of conventional ethanol in each year, could be worth about 30 cents per bushel. Ethanol uses up to one-third of the US sorghum crop in some years.

- Date: 2025-08-12 · published 2025-08-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/23393-proposed-ethanol-blending-targets-signal-strong-future-for-sorghum-farmers
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Stronger ethanol blending targets support corn and sorghum demand from ethanol plants and firm local basis.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-10-26 | [Senators to EPA: Use RFS 'set rule' to raise blending targets \| National \| farmweeknow.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15360-senators-to-epa-use-rfs-set-rule-to-raise-blending-targets-national-farmweeknow.md) | -1.2% | -3.3% |
| CORN | 2017-12-01 | [Final RFS figures closely resemble July proposal - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67352-final-rfs-figures-closely-resemble-july-proposal-agweek-1-source-for.md) | +0.4% | +6.2% |
| CORN | 2022-01-25 | [With Strong Industry Margins, Iowa Ethanol Industry Looks for E15 While Pushing Back on EVs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43132-with-strong-industry-margins-iowa-ethanol-industry-looks-for-e15-while-pushing.md) | +2.6% | +7.9% |
| CORN | 2025-06-26 | [India’s oilseed output may fall as farmers shift to maize for ethanol - The Economic Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24316-india-s-oilseed-output-may-fall-as-farmers-shift-to-maize-for-ethanol-the.md) | +4.6% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2019-12-24 | [Argentine government taxes farmers to fund spending - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55423-argentine-government-taxes-farmers-to-fund-spending-grain-central.md) | -0.2% | +0.6% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/sorghum/sorghum-farmers-could-gain-30-cents-per-bushel-under-new-advanced-biofuel-premium

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