# Biofuel industry criticizes EPA’s 2020 RFS levels

> The Trump administration proposed a modest increase in the 2020 biofuel blending quota to 20.04 billion gallons, up 0.6% from 2019. The plan keeps biomass-based diesel at 2.43 billion gallons for 2021, and the administration is weighing how to handle small refinery waivers.

- Date: 2019-07-05 · published 2019-07-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/57960-biofuel-industry-criticizes-epa-s-2020-rfs-levels
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

A small quota increase with no reallocation of waived volumes leaves corn ethanol and soybean oil demand roughly flat, limiting upside in feedstock prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2020-03-27 | [Biofuels industry tackling challenges \| 2020-03-27  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54136-biofuels-industry-tackling-challenges-2020-03-27-world-grain.md) | +3.7% | -4.4% |
| 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 | [EPA Finalizes RFS Volumes for 2019 and Biomass Based Diesel Volumes for 2020 \| U.S. EPA News Releases \| US EPA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61899-epa-finalizes-rfs-volumes-for-2019-and-biomass-based-diesel-volumes-for-2020-u.md) | +8.0% | +8.5% |
| 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% |
| SBO | 2019-09-03 | [Biofuels industry focuses on SREs in 2020 RFS RVO comments \| Biodiesel Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56939-biofuels-industry-focuses-on-sres-in-2020-rfs-rvo-comments-biodiesel-magazine.md) | -1.3% | +1.2% |
| SBO | 2020-04-17 | [Biofuels industry opposes governors’ RFS request](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53527-biofuels-industry-opposes-governors-rfs-request.md) | -2.6% | -1.4% |
| SBO | 2021-11-16 | [Biofuels industry seeks certainty, stability](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15434-biofuels-industry-seeks-certainty-stability.md) | +0.9% | -5.2% |

## Sources

- feedstuffs.com: https://www.feedstuffs.com/agribusiness-news/biofuel-industry-criticizes-epa-s-2020-rfs-levels

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