]The Renewable Fuels Association hit a home run at the 2026 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop and Expo (FEW) June 2-4 in St. Louis.

RFA had a full lineup of events throughout the show, including featuring St. Louis Cardinals legend and Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith at their booth.
RFA Senior Vice President for Government and Public Affairs Troy Bredenkamp took part in the executive roundtable discussion while RFA Senior Vice President for Industry Relations and Market Development Robert White discussed California’s ethanol market in the afternoon.

Also presenting at FEW were Tad Hepner, RFA’s Vice President for Strategy and Innovation, and Justin Schultz, RFA Director of Environment, Health and Safety.

Bredenkamp says they went all out for FEW this year, since RFA headquarters is located in the St. Louis area. “You know, this is something we don’t typically do, but again, when you’re in Saint Louis, you take that kind of an opportunity,” said Bredenkamp. “Those that are baseball fans will certainly remember the Wizard of Oz and since we’re in Saint Louis, obviously he was a lifelong Saint Louis Cardinal. We just try and make whatever connections we can while we’re here.”

Based in RFA’s Washington D.C. office, Bredenkamp is on the front lines of the battle in Congress to get nationwide, year-round E15 passed into law, so that topic dominated the executive round table discussion at FEW Wednesday morning. “We just had the successful vote in the U.S. House. So we talked about how we were able to get that done over on the House side. And then we all talked then about what it’s going to take to get it done over on the Senate side. That was probably about half the panel discussion.” said Bredenkamp.

Learn more in this interview.
RFA Senior VP, Government and Public Affairs Troy Bredenkamp 15:48

RFA at FEW Photo Album