# U.S. Biofuels Take Revenue Hit But Get New Target Less Constrained by ‘Blend Wall’

> An Advanced Energy United blog post describes the US biofuels market as driven by the Renewable Fuel Standard, with the EPA expanding volumes by about 1.2 billion gallons for 2016 and 1.17 billion for 2017. It says the new targets are less constrained by the ethanol blend wall, although biofuel revenues have taken a hit.

- Date: 2017-06-20 · published 2017-06-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70363-u-s-biofuels-take-revenue-hit-but-get-new-target-less-constrained-by-blend-wall
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Higher RFS volumes that are less constrained by the blend wall support continued demand for corn-based ethanol and biodiesel feedstocks. The revenue pressure on producers limits how much additional production capacity will be built.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2022-01-11 | [Explainer: What is at stake for the U.S. biofuel blending law in 2022 and beyond \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15426-explainer-what-is-at-stake-for-the-u-s-biofuel-blending-law-in-2022-and-beyond.md) | -0.7% | +6.7% |
| SBO | 2018-11-20 | [EPA plans biofuel 'reset' as program misses Congress' targets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61906-epa-plans-biofuel-reset-as-program-misses-congress-targets.md) | -0.6% | +4.2% |
| SBO | 2020-04-17 | [Coronavirus spurs new clash between Big Oil and Big Corn over U.S. biofuels](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53532-coronavirus-spurs-new-clash-between-big-oil-and-big-corn-over-u-s-biofuels.md) | -2.6% | -1.4% |
| SBO | 2025-03-27 | [Trump administration tells oil and biofuels groups to hash out new biofuel policy \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15136-trump-administration-tells-oil-and-biofuels-groups-to-hash-out-new-biofuel.md) | +8.5% | +13.2% |
| SBO | 2019-07-05 | [Biofuel industry criticizes EPA’s 2020 RFS levels](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57960-biofuel-industry-criticizes-epa-s-2020-rfs-levels.md) | +0.2% | -1.2% |
| CORN | 2022-01-11 | [Explainer: What is at stake for the U.S. biofuel blending law in 2022 and beyond \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15426-explainer-what-is-at-stake-for-the-u-s-biofuel-blending-law-in-2022-and-beyond.md) | -2.8% | +4.1% |
| CORN | 2018-11-20 | [EPA plans biofuel 'reset' as program misses Congress' targets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61906-epa-plans-biofuel-reset-as-program-misses-congress-targets.md) | -1.1% | +7.6% |
| CORN | 2020-04-17 | [Coronavirus spurs new clash between Big Oil and Big Corn over U.S. biofuels](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53532-coronavirus-spurs-new-clash-between-big-oil-and-big-corn-over-u-s-biofuels.md) | -0.9% | -1.5% |

## Sources

- blog.advancedenergyunited.org: https://blog.advancedenergyunited.org/u.s.-biofuels-take-revenue-hit-but-get-new-target-less-constrained-by-blend-wall

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