# Biofuel groups appreciate gallon boost, but decry ‘missed opportunity’ in RVO rollout | 2018-11-30 | Agri-Pulse | Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.

> EPA announced 4.92 billion gallons of advanced biofuels for 2019, including 418 million gallons of cellulosic, with 15 billion gallons of conventional fuel. Biofuel groups criticized the absence of language to reallocate small refinery exemption volumes, and Senator Grassley said he was optimistic about revisiting the practice.

- Date: 2018-11-30 · published 2018-11-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61903-biofuel-groups-appreciate-gallon-boost-but-decry-missed-opportunity-in-rvo
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Headline volumes support biodiesel and ethanol demand, but the lack of reallocation keeps effective demand below targets. A future reallocation could add biofuel demand and support soy oil.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 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) | +0.4% | +0.0% |
| SBO | 2019-09-11 | [White House hosts separate meetings as oil and biofuel battle rages on \| 2019-09-11  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56942-white-house-hosts-separate-meetings-as-oil-and-biofuel-battle-rages-on-2019-09.md) | +5.2% | +4.9% |
| 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 | 2017-05-03 | [Biodiesel industry in full-court press for industry growth \| 2017-05-02 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70871-biodiesel-industry-in-full-court-press-for-industry-growth-2017-05-02-agri.md) | +0.9% | -3.1% |
| SBO | 2018-06-26 | [EPA proposes RVO numbers for 2019 \| 2018-06-26 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64405-epa-proposes-rvo-numbers-for-2019-2018-06-26-agri-pulse-agri-pulse.md) | -0.6% | -2.4% |
| CORN | 2017-03-15 | [Ag groups urge boost in farm bill spending \| 2017-03-15 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71993-ag-groups-urge-boost-in-farm-bill-spending-2017-03-15-agri-pulse-agri-pulse.md) | +1.0% | +1.9% |
| CORN | 2020-06-16 | [Farm groups urge preservation of China trade deal \| 2020-06-15  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52468-farm-groups-urge-preservation-of-china-trade-deal-2020-06-15-agri-pulse.md) | -0.0% | +0.5% |
| CORN | 2019-02-05 | [Biofuels and Big Oil make their case on RFS before 2022 \| 2019-02-05 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60466-biofuels-and-big-oil-make-their-case-on-rfs-before-2022-2019-02-05-agri-pulse.md) | +0.0% | -1.1% |

## Sources

- agri-pulse.com: https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/11694-biofuel-groups-appreciate-gallon-boost-but-decry-missed-opportunity-in-rvo-rollout

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