# Don’t put small biodiesel out of business | The Gazette

> A Gazette guest column argues that the year-round E15 rule will not offset EPA's small refinery exemptions, which it says have cut demand for hundreds of millions of gallons of biodiesel. The column says EPA granted exemptions to 35 refineries in 2017 that together produced more than 17 billion gallons of fuel. It cites Scott Irwin's estimate of continued losses if the exemptions continue.

- Date: 2019-06-30 · published 2019-06-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58479-don-t-put-small-biodiesel-out-of-business-the-gazette
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

If exemptions continue to erode biodiesel demand, soybean oil's fuel outlet shrinks, which weighs on soybean oil prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2026-02-11 | [Indonesia biodiesel pause, rising output seen limiting palm oil gains \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15489-indonesia-biodiesel-pause-rising-output-seen-limiting-palm-oil-gains-reuters.md) | +1.8% | +9.0% |
| SBO | 2022-12-01 | [Soybeans slide lower on biodiesel woes – The Seam](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9755-soybeans-slide-lower-on-biodiesel-woes-the-seam.md) | -9.7% | -10.5% |
| SBO | 2016-12-09 | [Week 49: Overview of the world biodiesel market \| Greenea](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73350-week-49-overview-of-the-world-biodiesel-market-greenea.md) | -0.8% | -4.8% |
| SBO | 2017-09-27 | [EPA announces smaller biodiesel production - soybean](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69029-epa-announces-smaller-biodiesel-production-soybean.md) | -2.2% | +3.3% |
| SBO | 2024-05-01 | [New system of subsidies for biodiesel production in the US has brought down soybean oil prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30343-new-system-of-subsidies-for-biodiesel-production-in-the-us-has-brought-down.md) | +2.5% | +8.4% |

## Sources

- thegazette.com: https://www.thegazette.com/guest-columnists/dont-put-small-biodiesel-out-of-business/

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