# Farmers, lawmakers dial up pressure over biofuel policy

> Farm groups, biofuel industries and congressional allies pressed the White House over refinery waivers exempting 31 refineries from biofuel blending rules. Farmers also complained that a USDA crop report did not reflect spring flood damage.

- Date: 2019-08-22 · published 2019-08-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/57452-farmers-lawmakers-dial-up-pressure-over-biofuel-policy
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Political pressure may push the administration to restore biofuel demand, a potential support for corn and soybean prices, but no policy change has been made yet.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-10-20 | [EPA abandons changes to US biofuel program after lawmaker pressure](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68336-epa-abandons-changes-to-us-biofuel-program-after-lawmaker-pressure.md) | +0.2% | -5.9% |
| CORN | 2026-04-01 | [Policy Updates: EPA sets record high biofuel volumes in Renewable Fuel Standard final rule - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15031-policy-updates-epa-sets-record-high-biofuel-volumes-in-renewable-fuel-standard.md) | -1.7% | +1.5% |
| CORN | 2020-05-28 | [Policy priorities of Iowa soybean farmers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52999-policy-priorities-of-iowa-soybean-farmers.md) | +1.0% | +1.7% |
| CORN | 2026-03-30 | [EPA Sets Record High Biofuel Blending Volumes - Farm Policy News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15043-epa-sets-record-high-biofuel-blending-volumes-farm-policy-news.md) | -1.3% | -0.2% |
| CORN | 2019-10-04 | [President Trump Delivers on a Key Promise to American Farmers as EPA, USDA Announce Agreement on Promoting Biofuels \| US EPA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56438-president-trump-delivers-on-a-key-promise-to-american-farmers-as-epa-usda.md) | +0.3% | +0.2% |
| SBO | 2017-10-20 | [EPA abandons changes to US biofuel program after lawmaker pressure](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68336-epa-abandons-changes-to-us-biofuel-program-after-lawmaker-pressure.md) | +2.0% | +1.8% |
| SBO | 2025-10-19 | [Palm Oil Magazine - Pranata UI: B50 Biodiesel Policy Could Pressure Palm Oil Farmers’ Income - Palm Oil Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15526-palm-oil-magazine-pranata-ui-b50-biodiesel-policy-could-pressure-palm-oil.md) | +0.2% | -1.4% |
| SBO | 2024-06-14 | [Biofuel policies will alter grain price structure - Alberta Farmer Express](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29742-biofuel-policies-will-alter-grain-price-structure-alberta-farmer-express.md) | +0.5% | +7.4% |

## Sources

- hydrocarbonprocessing.com: https://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2019/08/farmers-lawmakers-dial-up-pressure-over-biofuel-policy/

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