# Tell EPA to Increase RFS Biodiesel and Advanced Biofuels Volumes in 2018 and 2019 - American Soybean Association

> The American Soybean Association is asking farmers and state groups to file comments with EPA by August 31 on the proposed 2018 and 2019 RFS volumes. EPA's July proposal holds biomass-based diesel at 2.1 billion gallons for 2019 and cuts advanced biofuels by 40 million gallons for 2018. ASA wants at least 2.75 billion gallons of biodiesel and 5.25 billion gallons of advanced biofuels.

- Date: 2017-08-11 · published 2017-08-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69327-tell-epa-to-increase-rfs-biodiesel-and-advanced-biofuels-volumes-in-2018-and
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Higher biodiesel mandates would add demand for soybean oil, which is the largest biodiesel feedstock and supports soybean crush margins. The comment push is a lobbying step and the final rule is still pending.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2018-11-30 | [EPA Announces Biodiesel and Advanced Biofuels Volumes - American Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61900-epa-announces-biodiesel-and-advanced-biofuels-volumes-american-soybean.md) | +3.0% | -0.5% |
| SBO | 2017-09-01 | [ASA Asks EPA to Increase Biodiesel RFS Volumes - American Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68822-asa-asks-epa-to-increase-biodiesel-rfs-volumes-american-soybean-association.md) | -0.3% | -6.2% |
| SBO | 2018-06-26 | [EPA Increases Proposed RFS Volumes - American Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64402-epa-increases-proposed-rfs-volumes-american-soybean-association.md) | -0.6% | -2.4% |
| SBO | 2016-11-23 | [EPA Releases 2017-18 RFS Volumes - American Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73743-epa-releases-2017-18-rfs-volumes-american-soybean-association.md) | +6.7% | +4.5% |
| SBO | 2017-10-05 | [Strong Action Needed in Response to Potential Roll-back of Biodiesel RFS volumes - American Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68338-strong-action-needed-in-response-to-potential-roll-back-of-biodiesel-rfs.md) | -0.2% | +5.8% |

## Sources

- soygrowers.com: https://soygrowers.com/news-releases/tell-epa-increase-rfs-biodiesel-advanced-biofuels-volumes-2018-2019/

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