# White House hosts separate meetings as oil and biofuel battle rages on | 2019-09-11  | Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.

> Biofuel companies met White House officials on September 11 to discuss making up for ethanol usage exempted by refinery waivers. A proposed deal would include 500 million gallons from a 2017 court case, additional compliance credits and a 250-million-gallon boost to 2021 biodiesel targets, but no trade associations were invited.

- Date: 2019-09-11 · published 2019-09-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56942-white-house-hosts-separate-meetings-as-oil-and-biofuel-battle-rages-on-2019-09
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

A potential deal to restore exempted volumes and boost biodiesel targets would support corn and soybean oil demand, while limits on future exemptions would tighten supply of renewable fuel credits.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2019-09-15 | 5 | +6.2% | 3.0 | White House biofuel talks on Sept 11 about offsetting refinery waivers, including a 250-million-gallon boost to 2021 biodiesel targets, raised expected demand for soybean oil as a biodiesel feedstock. |
| SBO | 2019-09-15 | 1 | +4.1% | 4.0 | White House talks on making up for ethanol volumes lost to refinery waivers, including a 250-million-gallon boost to 2021 biodiesel targets, point to higher biofuel feedstock demand and support soybean oil. |

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2021-10-06 | [USDA’s CCC takes on big role as presidents look to fund priorities \| 2021-10-05  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44524-usda-s-ccc-takes-on-big-role-as-presidents-look-to-fund-priorities-2021-10-05.md) | -2.1% | +7.1% |
| 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 | 2019-12-19 | [EPA sticks with RFS reallocation plan over farm country wishes \| 2019-12-19  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55454-epa-sticks-with-rfs-reallocation-plan-over-farm-country-wishes-2019-12-19-agri.md) | +0.5% | +0.7% |
| CORN | 2021-01-04 | [Biofuel groups urge Biden to maintain RFS but embrace new policies \| 2021-01-04  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49022-biofuel-groups-urge-biden-to-maintain-rfs-but-embrace-new-policies-2021-01-04.md) | +5.3% | +17.8% |
| SBO | 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) | -1.6% | +5.1% |
| SBO | 2021-06-09 | [Biofuel-hungry airlines push for federal incentives, raising fears of soy oil squeeze \| 2021-06-08  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46443-biofuel-hungry-airlines-push-for-federal-incentives-raising-fears-of-soy-oil.md) | -8.6% | -13.5% |
| SBO | 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) | +3.0% | -0.5% |

## Sources

- agri-pulse.com: https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/12591-white-house-hosts-separate-meetings-as-oil-and-biofuel-battle-rages-on

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