# Trump Energy Policy Sidelines US Biofuels

> Gro reports that the EPA plans to issue more Renewable Fuel Standard waivers, after the administration granted more than two dozen in the past two months. Small refineries below 75,000 barrels per day can be exempted from blending obligations. The article describes the controversy within the Trump administration over the waivers.

- Date: 2018-05-14 · published 2018-05-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64920-trump-energy-policy-sidelines-us-biofuels
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

More waivers reduce required ethanol and biodiesel blending, which lowers demand for corn used in ethanol and for soybean oil. The result is downward pressure on those prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-02-28 | [Trump to shift biofuel blending burden off U.S. refiners: sources](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72360-trump-to-shift-biofuel-blending-burden-off-u-s-refiners-sources.md) | +0.9% | -1.1% |
| CORN | 2026-01-15 | [Soybeans Lead As Biofuel Policy Bets Lift Soyoil - Finimize](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21134-soybeans-lead-as-biofuel-policy-bets-lift-soyoil-finimize.md) | -0.1% | +1.1% |
| CORN | 2019-08-09 | [EPA Announces Biofuel and Small Refinery Exemption Priorities \| US EPA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57447-epa-announces-biofuel-and-small-refinery-exemption-priorities-us-epa.md) | -7.7% | -8.0% |
| CORN | 2018-07-11 | [EPA scraps detailed plan to force U.S. refiners to blend more biofuels](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63922-epa-scraps-detailed-plan-to-force-u-s-refiners-to-blend-more-biofuels.md) | +0.5% | +9.5% |
| CORN | 2018-06-21 | [Live: President Trump in Missouri \| CNN Politics](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64518-live-president-trump-in-missouri-cnn-politics.md) | -0.2% | -0.9% |
| SBO | 2024-11-16 | [U.S. biofuel policies expected to change under Trump](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15166-u-s-biofuel-policies-expected-to-change-under-trump.md) | -5.4% | -7.9% |
| SBO | 2024-11-04 | [Cargill, Bunge Slow Soy Buying on Stalled US Biofuels Policy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15168-cargill-bunge-slow-soy-buying-on-stalled-us-biofuels-policy.md) | +5.2% | -6.9% |
| SBO | 2025-11-04 | [ADM cuts 2025 outlook on US biofuel policy delays, trade woes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15070-adm-cuts-2025-outlook-on-us-biofuel-policy-delays-trade-woes.md) | +1.2% | +5.1% |

## Sources

- gro-intelligence.com: https://www.gro-intelligence.com/insights/trump-energy-policy-sidelines-us-biofuels

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