# EPA sticks with RFS reallocation plan over farm country wishes | 2019-12-19  | Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.

> The EPA will proceed with its plan to account for waived biofuel volumes using a three-year rolling average of DOE-recommended small refinery exemptions. The final rule also keeps the 15 billion gallon conventional biofuel requirement, and ethanol and biofuel groups criticized the decision.

- Date: 2019-12-19 · published 2019-12-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55454-epa-sticks-with-rfs-reallocation-plan-over-farm-country-wishes-2019-12-19-agri
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

The mandate supports corn-based ethanol demand, but the accounting method leaves less biodiesel demand than the industry expected. This keeps soybean oil under pressure and adds uncertainty for future exemptions.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bearish ▼
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-04-26 | [RFA asks EPA to provide regulatory certainty \| 2017-04-26 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71376-rfa-asks-epa-to-provide-regulatory-certainty-2017-04-26-agri-pulse-agri-pulse.md) | +0.3% | +2.2% |
| CORN | 2025-04-02 | [Oil, biofuel coalition presents unified RFS request to EPA  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15128-oil-biofuel-coalition-presents-unified-rfs-request-to-epa-agri-pulse.md) | +1.0% | +2.5% |
| CORN | 2026-03-11 | [Daybreak March 11: More farm aid is on the way, Boozman says \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20157-daybreak-march-11-more-farm-aid-is-on-the-way-boozman-says-agri-pulse.md) | +3.5% | +2.7% |
| CORN | 2026-06-24 | [Trump seeks E15, hemp fix and $11B in farm aid in funding bill \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18786-trump-seeks-e15-hemp-fix-and-11b-in-farm-aid-in-funding-bill-agri-pulse.md) | -2.3% | +5.6% |
| CORN | 2019-09-11 | [White House hosts separate meetings as oil and biofuel battle rages on \| 2019-09-11  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56942-white-house-hosts-separate-meetings-as-oil-and-biofuel-battle-rages-on-2019-09.md) | +4.2% | +9.2% |
| SBO | 2017-09-26 | [EPA seeking input on ‘potential reductions’ in RFS volumes \| 2017-09-26 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68825-epa-seeking-input-on-potential-reductions-in-rfs-volumes-2017-09-26-agri-pulse.md) | -4.4% | +2.5% |
| SBO | 2017-11-30 | [Final RFS figures closely resemble July proposal \| 2017-11-30 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67844-final-rfs-figures-closely-resemble-july-proposal-2017-11-30-agri-pulse-agri.md) | -2.5% | -4.3% |
| SBO | 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) | -3.0% | +1.6% |

## Sources

- agri-pulse.com: https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/12978-epa-sticks-with-rfs-reallocation-plan-over-farm-country-wishes

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