# Ag, biofuel groups appeal to President for 'direct intervention' on RFS

> Agricultural and biofuel groups wrote to President Trump on December 18 to protest EPA actions on small refinery exemptions and an October proposal that they say accounts for only a fraction of lost biofuel demand. They asked the President to intervene directly to enforce the law and fix the RFS.

- Date: 2019-12-18 · published 2019-12-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55456-ag-biofuel-groups-appeal-to-president-for-direct-intervention-on-rfs
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

The letter is a lobbying appeal with no direct change to volumes. A presidential intervention that restores lost gallons would support corn and soybean oil demand.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-11-30 | [RFS levels fail to offer forward advance on biofuels demand](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61902-rfs-levels-fail-to-offer-forward-advance-on-biofuels-demand.md) | +8.0% | +8.5% |
| CORN | 2019-07-31 | [Biofuels Groups Testify at EPA RFS Hearing \| Energy.AgWired.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57959-biofuels-groups-testify-at-epa-rfs-hearing-energy-agwired-com.md) | -5.0% | -9.9% |
| CORN | 2019-12-20 | [EPA’s final 2020 RFS rule adds more uncertainty to US biofuel policy - Biofuels International Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55455-epa-s-final-2020-rfs-rule-adds-more-uncertainty-to-us-biofuel-policy-biofuels.md) | +0.8% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2018-11-30 | [Biofuel groups appreciate gallon boost, but decry ‘missed opportunity’ in RVO rollout \| 2018-11-30 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61903-biofuel-groups-appreciate-gallon-boost-but-decry-missed-opportunity-in-rvo.md) | +8.0% | +8.5% |
| CORN | 2018-06-26 | [EPA Proposes Biofuel Requirements for 2019; On Track to Meet Congressional Deadline \| U.S. EPA News Releases \| US EPA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64401-epa-proposes-biofuel-requirements-for-2019-on-track-to-meet-congressional.md) | -2.3% | -3.5% |
| SBO | 2019-12-19 | [US biodiesel and soybean industry call on President Trump to improve 2020 RFS \| Bioenergy International](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55450-us-biodiesel-and-soybean-industry-call-on-president-trump-to-improve-2020-rfs.md) | +2.8% | -0.2% |
| SBO | 2018-12-03 | [Final RFS rule provides only minimal growth for biodiesel, NBB says \| Bioenergy International](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61461-final-rfs-rule-provides-only-minimal-growth-for-biodiesel-nbb-says-bioenergy.md) | +2.5% | +0.3% |
| SBO | 2025-03-27 | [Trump administration tells oil and biofuels groups to hash out new biofuel policy \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15136-trump-administration-tells-oil-and-biofuels-groups-to-hash-out-new-biofuel.md) | +8.5% | +13.2% |

## Sources

- whoradio.iheart.com: https://whoradio.iheart.com/featured/the-big-show/content/2019-12-18-ag-biofuel-groups-appeal-to-president-for-direct-intervention-on-rfs/

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