# Why Carl Icahn And Valero Are Pushing For Biofuels Changes In Washington | OilPrice.com

> Carl Icahn and Valero are lobbying in Washington for changes to federal biofuel blending mandates. The article discusses the blending wall between gasoline and biofuels under the federal volume requirements.

- Date: 2017-03-15 · published 2017-03-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71866-why-carl-icahn-and-valero-are-pushing-for-biofuels-changes-in-washington
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Changes to renewable fuel volume mandates would alter corn-based ethanol and soybean oil demand, with knock-on effects for DDGS and vegetable oil prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- DDGS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-06-21 | [Game-Changer in US Biofuels Sector \|         Global Oil & Fats Business Online – gofbonline.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70360-game-changer-in-us-biofuels-sector-global-oil-and-fats-business-online.md) | -2.4% | +2.1% |
| CORN | 2026-08-27 | [Bunge, POET, others warn Trump on biofuel exemptions for oil \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15003-bunge-poet-others-warn-trump-on-biofuel-exemptions-for-oil-agri-pulse.md) | +0.5% | +2.4% |
| CORN | 2019-02-05 | [Biofuels and Big Oil make their case on RFS before 2022 \| 2019-02-05 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60466-biofuels-and-big-oil-make-their-case-on-rfs-before-2022-2019-02-05-agri-pulse.md) | +0.0% | -1.1% |
| CORN | 2017-03-26 | [Washington Week Ahead: House Ag explores farm program changes \| 2017-03-26 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71995-washington-week-ahead-house-ag-explores-farm-program-changes-2017-03-26-agri.md) | +1.6% | +1.0% |
| CORN | 2023-10-23 | [Biofuel demand strengthens the business case for US agribusiness \| articles \| ING THINK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15268-biofuel-demand-strengthens-the-business-case-for-us-agribusiness-articles-ing.md) | +0.7% | -3.5% |
| SBO | 2017-06-21 | [Game-Changer in US Biofuels Sector \|         Global Oil & Fats Business Online – gofbonline.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70360-game-changer-in-us-biofuels-sector-global-oil-and-fats-business-online.md) | +0.2% | +4.5% |
| SBO | 2019-02-05 | [Biofuels and Big Oil make their case on RFS before 2022 \| 2019-02-05 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60466-biofuels-and-big-oil-make-their-case-on-rfs-before-2022-2019-02-05-agri-pulse.md) | +0.4% | -1.3% |
| SBO | 2025-12-29 | [Volatile Biofuels Demand Is Reshaping the Price Relationship between Soybean and Palm Oils](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21600-volatile-biofuels-demand-is-reshaping-the-price-relationship-between-soybean.md) | +0.6% | +7.3% |

## Sources

- oilprice.com: https://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Biofuels/Why-Carl-Icahn-and-Valero-Are-Pushing-For-Biofuels-Changes-in-Washington.html

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