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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, April 26, 2024
Farm groups are awaiting the release any day of USDA’s requirements for $16 billion in direct payments to compensate producers for the market losses caused by the coronavirus crisis. OMB completed its review of the planned program on Friday.
Two oil refiners have asked a federal appeals court to reconsider its decision restricting EPA’s ability to grant waivers to the Renewable Fuel Standard.
The biofuel industry is eagerly anticipating a decision from the Trump administration on future small refinery exemptions this week, while Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue heads to Capitol Hill for a grilling on the Market Facilitation Program, food stamps and other issues.
The Trump administration will slash the number of biofuel usage exemptions for small refineries as the result of an appeals court ruling, says Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue.
The Environmental Protection Agency is moving ahead with a reallocation plan for biofuel usage waivers despite heavy criticism from industry groups and Midwest farmers.
Advanced biofuels made from fibers of corn stover, grasses, wood, and other plants were once pitched as the next boon for the renewable fuels industry, but now their future is cloudy at best as several flagship plants have ceased commercial production.
EPA is not expected to meet the statutory Nov. 30 deadline this year, and supplemental rulemaking to address gallons waived through Small Refinery Exemptions is said to be the holdup.
A federal appeals court heard arguments about the Environmental Protection Agency’s use of biofuel mandate waivers for small refineries, but some question if there will be a case of judicial pingpong with no court finding itself the right panel for a challenge.
House Democrats are attempting to drive a wedge between rural America and President Donald Trump by blasting the administration over its issuance of exemptions from requirements of the Renewable Fuel Standard.
