# EPA Biofuel Fight: Could Farmers Lose More Demand in 2027?

> US biofuel organizations urged the EPA to restore 770 million renewable fuel compliance credits affected by small-refinery exemptions. The EPA had granted full or partial 2025 exemptions to 29 refineries, totaling about 1.76 billion credits versus 990 million initially projected, and was considering reallocating the difference across 2026 and 2027.

- Date: 2026-11-05 · published 2026-11-06T00:14:07.702Z
- Category: policy · region United States · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/82799-epa-biofuel-fight-could-farmers-lose-more-demand-in-2027
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

If the additional obligations are not restored, demand for corn-based ethanol and soybean-oil-based biodiesel could be reduced, weighing on feedstock prices; reallocation would help preserve mandated demand.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-05-21 | [U.S. EPA draft would lift US biofuel blending mandates slightly in 2021](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52996-u-s-epa-draft-would-lift-us-biofuel-blending-mandates-slightly-in-2021.md) | +0.2% | +2.8% |
| CORN | 2020-11-23 | [Farm, biofuel leaders file motion to hold EPA accountable on improper 2016 waiver](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50023-farm-biofuel-leaders-file-motion-to-hold-epa-accountable-on-improper-2016-waiver.md) | -1.2% | -3.2% |
| CORN | 2019-08-22 | [Farmers, lawmakers dial up pressure over biofuel policy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57452-farmers-lawmakers-dial-up-pressure-over-biofuel-policy.md) | +2.4% | +1.3% |
| CORN | 2017-04-27 | [Consumers and farmers burned  by EPA regulations on renewable fuel](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71381-consumers-and-farmers-burned-by-epa-regulations-on-renewable-fuel.md) | +1.7% | +3.5% |
| CORN | 2018-09-07 | [Bill Would Require EPA to Reallocate Biofuels Gallons Lost to Waivers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62923-bill-would-require-epa-to-reallocate-biofuels-gallons-lost-to-waivers.md) | -3.4% | +1.4% |
| SBO | 2020-05-21 | [U.S. EPA draft would lift US biofuel blending mandates slightly in 2021](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52996-u-s-epa-draft-would-lift-us-biofuel-blending-mandates-slightly-in-2021.md) | +0.1% | +2.6% |
| SBO | 2026-04-01 | [EPA Boosts Biofuel Mandates in Final Renewable Fuel Standard Rule for 2026-2027 \| Insights \| Holland & Knight](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15034-epa-boosts-biofuel-mandates-in-final-renewable-fuel-standard-rule-for-2026-2027.md) | +0.5% | +5.2% |
| SBO | 2022-05-16 | [White House weighs inflation vs. farmers in new biofuel mandates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15392-white-house-weighs-inflation-vs-farmers-in-new-biofuel-mandates.md) | -4.2% | -6.2% |

## Sources

- agrolatam.com: https://www.agrolatam.com/usa/news/epa-biofuel-refinery-exemptions-corn-demand-2026/

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