Articles Tagged with ''SAF''

In this opinion piece, Rep. Mike Flood, R-Neb., argues that production of sustainable aviation fuel is critical to ensuring long-term growth in rural America and the struggling farm economy.

As farmers get a new round of bad crop market news, biofuel investment has stalled due to U.S. policy uncertainty. 

USDA rolled out its 13-page plan for boosting domestic beef production. It includes a broad mix of steps from expanding grazing on federal lands to reducing regulatory costs. Read about the plan here. 

Four years ago, there were high hopes in agriculture for the future of sustainable aviation fuel. The airlines joined the Biden administration in announcing a commitment to use 3 billion gallons of SAF by 2030. But SAF is still struggling to take off.

The sustainable aviation fuel industry needs to harness the political power of U.S. agriculture and rural America, and take up the Trump administration’s goal of American energy dominance, an ethanol industry leader says.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the U.S. could extend its tariff truce if China delays implementing expanded export controls on rare earth minerals.

The Senate Finance treatment of Sustainable Aviation Fuel under the 45Z tax credit for clean fuel producers could be detrimental for the domestic market, industry sources say. 

Biofuel and farm groups are generally hopeful that the Trump administration’s proposal on target for renewable fuels will better support growth across the industry, in addition to propping up domestic feedstocks. 
However, a lack of resolution on how the administration will handle small refinery exemptions and recent proposals on the 45Z tax credit for clean fuel producers could continue uncertainty in the market. 

Triple-digit tariff hikes on each other’s imports, if sustained, are set to reshape U.S.-China trade – particularly for agricultural products, where price competition is fierce. As U.S. ag producers stare down the barrel of steep export losses, they’re hoping the high tariffs offer new opportunities in domestic biofuel that can at least soften the tariff blow. But much will depend on the policy signals from Washington, analysts say. 

Oil, biofuel and farm groups that have historically been in competition for shares of the gasoline market have presented a unified ask to the Trump administration for higher volume obligations under the Renewable Fuel Standard. 
While there are signs of significant progress in these groups coming together from a tumultuous first Trump administration, onlookers warn that some key details could still create fractures within the coalition.