# Chevron Decision to Restart Iowa Biodiesel Facility Displays Power of Robust Renewable Fuel Standard Blending Levels

> Chevron will restart its idled biodiesel plant in Ralston, Iowa, in phases, supported by a feedstock supply agreement with Landus Cooperative. The plant was idled in 2024 after weak blending targets and lapsed tax policies hurt biodiesel economics.

- Date: 2026-11-12 · published 2026-11-12T21:12:22.530Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/96531-chevron-decision-to-restart-iowa-biodiesel-facility-displays-power-of-robust
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Restarting a major biodiesel plant adds soybean oil demand and creates a new outlet for Iowa soybeans, which is supportive for soybean oil and soybean prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- SOY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2023-02-24 | [Renewable diesel facilities will need a billion bushels of soybeans to meet needs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15336-renewable-diesel-facilities-will-need-a-billion-bushels-of-soybeans-to-meet.md) | -1.4% | -9.6% |
| SBO | 2020-06-24 | [Refiners start to add renewable diesel capacity, seen as cost-cutting move](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52478-refiners-start-to-add-renewable-diesel-capacity-seen-as-cost-cutting-move.md) | -0.7% | +6.2% |
| SBO | 2017-04-26 | [Grassley, Cantwell Lead Group of 14 Senators to Bolster Renewable Fuels with Biodiesel Tax Credit](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71382-grassley-cantwell-lead-group-of-14-senators-to-bolster-renewable-fuels-with.md) | +2.4% | +2.4% |
| SBO | 2022-12-02 | [Federal Register
       :: 
      Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Canola Oil Pathways to Renewable Diesel, Jet Fuel, Naphtha, Liquefied Petroleum Gas, and Heating Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15346-federal-register-renewable-fuel-standard-program-canola-oil-pathways-to.md) | -5.8% | -8.4% |
| SBO | 2022-04-18 | [Federal Register
       :: 
      Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Canola Oil Pathways to Renewable Diesel, Jet Fuel, Naphtha, Liquefied Petroleum Gas and Heating Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15400-federal-register-renewable-fuel-standard-program-canola-oil-pathways-to.md) | +3.2% | +2.7% |
| SOY | 2023-02-24 | [Renewable diesel facilities will need a billion bushels of soybeans to meet needs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15336-renewable-diesel-facilities-will-need-a-billion-bushels-of-soybeans-to-meet.md) | -0.9% | -7.5% |
| SOY | 2022-04-18 | [Federal Register
       :: 
      Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Canola Oil Pathways to Renewable Diesel, Jet Fuel, Naphtha, Liquefied Petroleum Gas and Heating Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15400-federal-register-renewable-fuel-standard-program-canola-oil-pathways-to.md) | +2.0% | +2.4% |
| SOY | 2026-06-26 | [EPA Biofuel Rule Boosts Soybean Oil Demand Through Higher Renewable Fuel Blending Mandates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15018-epa-biofuel-rule-boosts-soybean-oil-demand-through-higher-renewable-fuel.md) | +0.4% | +10.7% |

## Sources

- iowarfa.org: https://iowarfa.org/2026/11/chevron-decision-to-restart-iowa-biodiesel-facility-displays-power-of-robust-renewable-fuel-standard-blending-levels/

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