# NBB Has Strong Showing at RFS Public Hearing, Calls for Higher Biodiesel Volumes - Fuels Market News

> At an August 1 EPA hearing, the National Biodiesel Board urged higher advanced biofuel and biodiesel volumes. The EPA proposal keeps 2019 biomass-based diesel at 2.1 billion gallons and sets 2018 advanced biofuels at 4.24 billion gallons, down from 4.28 billion gallons. EPA's final rule is expected this fall.

- Date: 2017-08-03 · published 2017-08-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69335-nbb-has-strong-showing-at-rfs-public-hearing-calls-for-higher-biodiesel-volumes
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

A flat-to-lower mandate caps soybean oil demand growth from biodiesel, which weighs on the outlook for crush margins and oil prices. Any upward revision in the final rule would reverse that pressure.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2017-11-16 | [Biodiesel Industry Board Asks for Higher RFS Volumes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67846-biodiesel-industry-board-asks-for-higher-rfs-volumes.md) | -2.0% | -5.0% |
| SBO | 2017-02-13 | [US biodiesel interests gear up for court battle over RFS volumes \| Biodiesel Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72364-us-biodiesel-interests-gear-up-for-court-battle-over-rfs-volumes-biodiesel.md) | -5.0% | -7.9% |
| SBO | 2017-07-18 | [Public hearing on RFS volume proposals set \| Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69854-public-hearing-on-rfs-volume-proposals-set-iowa-agribusiness-radio-network.md) | +1.8% | -0.1% |
| SBO | 2017-10-24 | [NBB Holds Firm In Its Request for 2.5 Billion Gallons of Biomass-Based Diesel, 4.75 Billion Gallons of Advanced Biofuels - Fuels Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68343-nbb-holds-firm-in-its-request-for-2-5-billion-gallons-of-biomass-based-diesel-4.md) | +0.1% | -2.0% |
| SBO | 2017-03-16 | [Senators call for strong Renewable Fuel Standard - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71864-senators-call-for-strong-renewable-fuel-standard-agweek-1-source-for.md) | +4.0% | -3.0% |

## Sources

- fuelsmarketnews.com: https://fuelsmarketnews.com/nbb-has-strong-showing-at-rfs-public-hearing-calls-for-higher-biodiesel-volumes/

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