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Reuters writer Richard Valdmanis reported on Wednesday that, "Time has run out for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to challenge a federal court ruling that would limit the agency’s use of waivers exempting small oil refineries from the country’s biofuels…

DTN Ag Policy Editor Chris Clayton reported last week that, "Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, stressed to reporters Tuesday morning [March 10th] that President Donald Trump would benefit in rural America if he simply let stand the 10th Circuit Court of…

Bloomberg writer Jennifer A Dlouhy reported on Friday that, "President Donald Trump’s decision to defend the U.S. government’s power to broadly exempt oil refineries from biofuel-blending requirements is triggering a backlash in Iowa and other states that are top producers…

Last week, Bloomberg writers Jennifer A Dlouhy and Jennifer Jacobs reported that, "Trump administration officials have decided to pare the number of oil refineries granted waivers from biofuel mandates, according to two people familiar with the matter."

In separate developments this month, a federal appellate court and the U.S. Government Accountability Office, have weighed in with actions that could impact how biofuel waivers that exempt oil refineries from Renewable Fuel Standard requirements are granted.  Today's update looks briefly at each…

Bloomberg writer Jennifer A Dlouhy reported this week that, "The Trump administration on Thursday set relatively flat quotas for plant-based fuels in 2020, rebuffing ethanol and biodiesel allies who said the targets don’t do enough to support the industry."

Reuters writer Richard Valdmanis reported this week that, "The U.S. oil and corn industries continued a long-running public battle over America’s biofuels policy on Tuesday during a Congressional hearing about the Trump administration’s use of 'secret waivers' for refineries.

Last week, Bloomberg writer Jennifer A Dlouhy reported that, "Administration officials warned that an EPA plan for boosting biofuel-blending requirements violated the spirit of a deal brokered by President Donald Trump. The White House blessed it anyway."

Reuters writer Stephanie Kelly reported yesterday that, "The Trump administration, in an effort to mend fences with the powerful corn lobby, proposed a new formula on Tuesday to boost biofuels demand, but the proposal instead only provoked more consternation from…

Wall Street Journal writers Kirk Maltais and Jacob Bunge reported on Friday that, "The Trump administration outlined a plan to boost biofuel demand, aiming to ease Farm Belt frustrations over recent changes to federal policies affecting the production of ethanol."

Bloomberg writers Jennifer A Dlouhy, Mario Parker, and Jennifer Jacobs reported yesterday that, "The Trump administration has agreed to a new plan for boosting renewable fuels and offsetting waivers exempting oil refineries from mandates to use them, according to three…

Last week, Reuters writers Jarrett Renshaw and Stephanie Kelly reported that, "The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency granted some refineries full waivers from biofuels regulation for the 2018 compliance year, even though the Department of Energy had recommended partial exemptions, according…

Bloomberg writers Jennifer A Dlouhy, Jennifer Jacobs, and Josh Wingrove reported last week that, "Global disputes over trade and nuclear weapons have consumed plenty of President Donald Trump’s time and attention -- but a narrow, domestic clash over U.S. biofuel…

Reuters writers Stephanie Kelly and Jarrett Renshaw reported last week that, "White House officials on Wednesday urged U.S. biofuel producers and oil refiners to accept a deal to lift biofuel blending mandates in 2020, saying overlong negotiations could make it…

Reuters writers Chris Prentice and Stephanie Kelly reported late last week that, "U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to meet with Department of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Agency officials late Thursday to consider a plan that would include boosting biofuels…

Late last month, Des Moines Register writer Stephen Gruber-Miller reported that, "Gov. Kim Reynolds called President Donald Trump 'an advocate for farmers' on [August 27th], but said he may not have understood the damage caused by the ethanol waivers his administration granted."

Late last week, Bloomberg writers Jennifer A Dlouhy and Mario Parker reported that, "Top Trump administration officials met Thursday to consider options for quelling a backlash in politically important farm states over recent biofuel policy moves, including revoking waivers given…

Reuters writers Jarrett Renshaw and Humeyra Pamuk reported this week that, "President Donald Trump’s administration has been scrambling to stem the tide of rising anger in Farm Belt states after its decision this month to allow numerous oil refiners to…

Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted 31 small refinery biofuel waivers for 2018, an action relating to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) that has caused concern among farmers and some Midwestern lawmakers that demand for ethanol and…