# Biofuel blending targets could include big volume cuts  | Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.

> The Biden administration is reportedly circulating an EPA document proposing multi-year reductions to renewable fuel blending targets below 2019 levels. The draft sets 2020 total volume at 17.1 billion gallons, 2021 at 18.6 billion, and 2022 at 20.7 billion, with conventional biofuel gallons falling to 12.5 billion for 2020.

- Date: 2021-09-22 · published 2021-09-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/44935-biofuel-blending-targets-could-include-big-volume-cuts-agri-pulse
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Cutting conventional biofuel volumes reduces corn ethanol demand and soybean oil demand for biofuels, which pressures corn and soybean oil prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-05-13 | [Biofuel producers aim to meet volume requirements despite COVID-19 impacts \| 2020-05-12  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52997-biofuel-producers-aim-to-meet-volume-requirements-despite-covid-19-impacts-2020.md) | -0.3% | +1.5% |
| CORN | 2019-08-22 | [Trade tensions, oversupply, and SREs drive biofuel plant shutdowns \| 2019-08-22  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57584-trade-tensions-oversupply-and-sres-drive-biofuel-plant-shutdowns-2019-08-22.md) | +2.4% | +1.3% |
| CORN | 2025-11-26 | [Trump has cut tariffs on fertilizer, but lower prices could remain elusive \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4470-trump-has-cut-tariffs-on-fertilizer-but-lower-prices-could-remain-elusive-agri.md) | +1.3% | +3.2% |
| CORN | 2018-04-25 | [RFS waivers wiped out billion gallons in biofuel demand, Perdue says \| 2018-04-25 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65397-rfs-waivers-wiped-out-billion-gallons-in-biofuel-demand-perdue-says-2018-04-25.md) | +2.4% | +5.0% |
| CORN | 2024-01-10 | [Trump tariff plans worry ag groups, threaten trade war redux \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14783-trump-tariff-plans-worry-ag-groups-threaten-trade-war-redux-agri-pulse.md) | -1.1% | -5.0% |
| SBO | 2020-05-13 | [Biofuel producers aim to meet volume requirements despite COVID-19 impacts \| 2020-05-12  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52997-biofuel-producers-aim-to-meet-volume-requirements-despite-covid-19-impacts-2020.md) | +4.3% | +7.8% |
| SBO | 2024-11-09 | [Industry calls for reform to LCFS biofuel guardrails \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15171-industry-calls-for-reform-to-lcfs-biofuel-guardrails-agri-pulse-communications.md) | -1.3% | -8.2% |
| SBO | 2026-08-27 | [Bunge, POET, others warn Trump on biofuel exemptions for oil \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15003-bunge-poet-others-warn-trump-on-biofuel-exemptions-for-oil-agri-pulse.md) | +8.0% | +1.3% |

## Sources

- agri-pulse.com: https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/16522-biofuel-blending-targets-could-include-big-volume-cuts

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