# Biofuels industry tackling challenges | 2020-03-27  | World Grain

> The global biofuels industry is holding steady and pursuing new policies, with the EU considering raising ethanol blends to 20%. Biodiesel output keeps rising but producers are not benefiting from higher imports and stocks. U.S. ethanol plants temporarily or permanently closed as prices plunged.

- Date: 2020-03-27 · published 2020-03-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54136-biofuels-industry-tackling-challenges-2020-03-27-world-grain
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Potential EU blend increases and the U.S. E15 outlook could support future ethanol and corn demand. Current closures and weak prices limit near-term benefit to feedstock markets.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 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) | +1.9% | -4.0% |
| CORN | 2020-04-17 | [Biofuels industry opposes governors’ RFS request](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53527-biofuels-industry-opposes-governors-rfs-request.md) | -0.9% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2026-04-03 | [US biofuel mandates climb amid war, farm income concerns \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19805-us-biofuel-mandates-climb-amid-war-farm-income-concerns-world-grain.md) | -1.8% | +2.8% |
| CORN | 2016-12-15 | [Tackling policy bones, pinches in livestock industry - Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73589-tackling-policy-bones-pinches-in-livestock-industry-commercial-farmers-union-of.md) | -2.2% | +0.5% |
| CORN | 2017-03-15 | [Why Carl Icahn And Valero Are Pushing For Biofuels Changes In Washington \| OilPrice.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71866-why-carl-icahn-and-valero-are-pushing-for-biofuels-changes-in-washington.md) | +1.0% | +1.9% |

## Sources

- world-grain.com: https://www.world-grain.com/articles/13472-biofuels-industry-tackling-challenges

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