# Trump Looks to `Thread the Needle' With Farms, Oil on Biofuels - Energy News, Top Headlines, Commentaries, Features & Events - EnergyNow.com

> The EPA issued a proposal allowing year-round sale of higher-ethanol gasoline and changes to RIN credit rules, and on the same week it waived five more refineries from 2017 biofuel blending quotas. The EPA is also expected to rule on as many as 34 petitions from 2018.

- Date: 2019-03-15 · published 2019-03-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59977-trump-looks-to-thread-the-needle-with-farms-oil-on-biofuels-energy-news-top
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

The mix of ethanol-supportive proposals and refinery waivers that reduce blending obligations creates offsetting forces on corn and soybean oil demand, with the outcome depending on pending petition decisions.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bearish ▼
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-04-03 | [Expert on Expert: The Future of Advanced Biofuels \| RealClearEnergy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15224-expert-on-expert-the-future-of-advanced-biofuels-realclearenergy.md) | -0.7% | -0.9% |
| CORN | 2019-09-28 | [Xinhua Headlines: China promotes large pig farms to ensure stable pork supply - Xinhua \| English.news.cn](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57089-xinhua-headlines-china-promotes-large-pig-farms-to-ensure-stable-pork-supply.md) | -0.9% | +1.1% |
| CORN | 2026-10-28 | [Lower feed costs to protect hog raisers from low farmgate prices - DA \| GMA News Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/209-lower-feed-costs-to-protect-hog-raisers-from-low-farmgate-prices-da-gma-news.md) | -0.5% | — |
| CORN | 2017-03-01 | [U.S. grains: Corn, soyoil climb on biofuels news - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7821-u-s-grains-corn-soyoil-climb-on-biofuels-news-grainews.md) | -0.7% | -1.8% |
| CORN | 2017-02-18 | [Bullish on US Biofuels Industry \|         Global Oil & Fats Business Online – gofbonline.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72363-bullish-on-us-biofuels-industry-global-oil-and-fats-business-online-gofbonline.md) | +0.3% | +0.9% |
| SBO | 2018-05-14 | [Trump Energy Policy Sidelines US Biofuels](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64920-trump-energy-policy-sidelines-us-biofuels.md) | -0.6% | -1.9% |
| SBO | 2019-06-14 | [EU biofuel ruling hits prices of palm and coconut oil \| Analysis & Features \| The Grocer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58690-eu-biofuel-ruling-hits-prices-of-palm-and-coconut-oil-analysis-and-features-the.md) | +2.0% | +0.3% |
| SBO | 2024-12-20 | [The Farmer's Exchange Online Imports, Oversupply Threaten U.S. Biofuels Outlook](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15162-the-farmer-s-exchange-online-imports-oversupply-threaten-u-s-biofuels-outlook.md) | -0.5% | +9.9% |

## Sources

- energynow.com: https://energynow.com/2019/03/trump-looks-to-thread-the-needle-with-farms-oil-on-biofuels/

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