Source: Todd Neeley, PROGRESSIVE FARMER, 12/8/21

For all the criticism the Biden administration has taken for its handling of the Renewable Fuel Standard, EPA's far-reaching proposal released on Tuesday is a swing for the fences designed to appease both ethanol and oil. The administration attempted to balance cuts to corn ethanol's portion of the RFS with a denial of all pending 65 small-refinery exemptions, a restoration of 500 million gallons found to be illegally slashed from the RFS from 2014-2016, as well as a USDA announcement approving some $800 million in aid to biofuels producers.

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