# Trump to shift biofuel blending burden off U.S. refiners: sources

> Sources say the Trump administration plans to shift the biofuel blending obligation away from U.S. refiners. The Renewable Fuel Standard requires increasing amounts of biofuel blended into gasoline and diesel.

- Date: 2017-02-28 · published 2017-02-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72360-trump-to-shift-biofuel-blending-burden-off-u-s-refiners-sources
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Moving the blending burden off refiners could change who bears compliance costs and may alter the demand pull for biofuel feedstocks such as soyoil and corn. A reduced obligation would be bearish for biofuel demand and feedstock prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2018-07-11 | [EPA scraps detailed plan to force U.S. refiners to blend more biofuels](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63922-epa-scraps-detailed-plan-to-force-u-s-refiners-to-blend-more-biofuels.md) | -4.0% | -1.0% |
| SBO | 2025-09-10 | [US biofuel plan would reallocate half or less of waived blending quotas, sources say \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15089-us-biofuel-plan-would-reallocate-half-or-less-of-waived-blending-quotas-sources.md) | +2.8% | +0.5% |
| SBO | 2024-11-16 | [U.S. biofuel policies expected to change under Trump](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15166-u-s-biofuel-policies-expected-to-change-under-trump.md) | -5.4% | -7.9% |
| SBO | 2017-09-27 | [EPA signals cut to U.S. biodiesel blending; soyoil prices drop - Governors' Biofuels Coalition](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69027-epa-signals-cut-to-u-s-biodiesel-blending-soyoil-prices-drop-governors-biofuels.md) | -2.2% | +3.3% |
| SBO | 2018-05-14 | [Trump Energy Policy Sidelines US Biofuels](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64920-trump-energy-policy-sidelines-us-biofuels.md) | -0.6% | -1.9% |
| CORN | 2018-07-11 | [EPA scraps detailed plan to force U.S. refiners to blend more biofuels](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63922-epa-scraps-detailed-plan-to-force-u-s-refiners-to-blend-more-biofuels.md) | +0.5% | +9.5% |
| CORN | 2025-09-10 | [US biofuel plan would reallocate half or less of waived blending quotas, sources say \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15089-us-biofuel-plan-would-reallocate-half-or-less-of-waived-blending-quotas-sources.md) | +5.8% | +3.3% |
| CORN | 2018-05-14 | [Trump Energy Policy Sidelines US Biofuels](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64920-trump-energy-policy-sidelines-us-biofuels.md) | +1.7% | -1.8% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-renewables-idUSKBN1671PD/

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