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A group of Midwest senators ask President Donald Trump to uphold a biofuels agreement on small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard.

Biodiesel and agriculture interests tell Congressional leadership an extension of the biodiesel blenders tax credit is needed to save the industry.

A group of about 60 agriculture and biofuels interest groups have written a letter to President Donald Trump, pointing out concerns they have with the small-refinery exemptions proposal.

Agriculture and biofuels stakeholders on an Oct. 3 briefing call announcing the Trump administration's biofuels plan were not given details on the methodology used by EPA to project small-refinery exemptions in future years.

A group of Republican lawmakers have asked EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler to reconsider a recent proposed biofuels plan.

The Governors' Biofuels Coalition has asked President Donald Trump to take a number of executive actions on biofuels.

Leaders from the U.S. biodiesel industry have requested a meeting with the U.S. Department of Commerce on plans to scale back countervailing duties slapped on biodiesel imports from Argentina.

Corn grower leaders have asked President Donald Trump to uphold the Renewable Fuel Standard by reallocating biofuels gallons lost to small-refinery exemptions.

With negotiations ongoing on a possible deal on the Renewable Fuel Standard, an agriculture economist puts forward an idea that he says could appease both oil and ethanol interests.

Siouxland Energy Cooperative has decided to idle its corn-ethanol plant in northwest Iowa.

Senators from oil-producing states tell Trump they oppose reallocating biofuels gallons lost to small-refinery exemptions.

The National Biodiesel Board asked President Donald Trump on Monday to save its industry from the effects of small-refinery exemptions.

The Brazilian government announced it will allow more ethanol imported from the United States before a 20% tariff kicks in.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit dismissed a biodiesel industry lawsuit challenging EPA's 2017 Renewable Fuel Standard volumes.

An ethanol company in Winnebago, Minnesota, announced plans to stop production at its 51-million-gallon plant.

A group of 94 ethanol plant workers from across the Midwest urged President Donald Trump to reverse course on the small-refinery waivers program.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue outlined a number of possible changes to federal biofuels policy, in an email to President Donald Trump.

The biodiesel and soybean industries have asked President Donald Trump for a meeting to discuss how small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard are hurting biodiesel producers.

Iowa's governor and secretary of agriculture have asked the head of the EPA to reallocate ethanol gallons lost to small-refinery waivers to the Renewable Fuel Standard.

Agriculture and ethanol interests are concerned a provision in the new E15 rule could make it difficult for the future of higher ethanol blends.