# NBB disappointed in renewable volume obligation for biodiesel - Brownfield Ag News

> The National Biodiesel Board said it was disappointed EPA kept 2018 biomass-based diesel obligations flat at 2.1 billion gallons. NBB said the advanced biofuels level of 4.29 billion gallons effectively cuts biodiesel demand by 67 million gallons in 2018.

- Date: 2017-11-30 · published 2017-11-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67843-nbb-disappointed-in-renewable-volume-obligation-for-biodiesel-brownfield-ag-news
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

A 67 million gallon implied cut in biodiesel demand reduces domestic soybean oil use, which is bearish for soyoil and supports more oil going to food or export markets.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bearish ▼

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| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2025-01-21 | [Renewable diesel boom leveling out - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15149-renewable-diesel-boom-leveling-out-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +0.5% | +3.0% |
| SBO | 2017-09-29 | [NBB on proposed biodiesel cuts: different president, same EPA - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68826-nbb-on-proposed-biodiesel-cuts-different-president-same-epa-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +0.6% | +5.9% |
| SBO | 2018-01-30 | [CEI Joins Coalition Letter In Support of EPA Proposed Adjustments to the Renewable Volume Obligations for Biodiesel - Competitive Enterprise Institute](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66861-cei-joins-coalition-letter-in-support-of-epa-proposed-adjustments-to-the.md) | -1.1% | -2.1% |
| SBO | 2019-07-02 | [Nebraska biodiesel plant shutting down - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58192-nebraska-biodiesel-plant-shutting-down-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -0.4% | +1.2% |
| SBO | 2019-06-25 | [NBB: SREs are harming demand for biodiesel, renewable diesel \| Biomass Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58473-nbb-sres-are-harming-demand-for-biodiesel-renewable-diesel-biomass-magazine.md) | -1.3% | -1.2% |

## Sources

- brownfieldagnews.com: https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/nbb-disappointed-renewable-volume-obligation-biodiesel/

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