Just like 2024, ethanol exports in 2025 topped the previous year and set a new record before the year came to an end, providing a needed lift for the industry according to the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA). According to data released today by the Census Bureau, 2025 U.S. ethanol exports through November totaled 1.96 billion gallons, already surpassing annual shipments …
President Trump Backs Congress in Approach to E15
President Donald Trump told a crowd in Iowa Tuesday that he supports the Congressional leadership approach to get nationwide, year-round E15 passed into law. “I promised to support E15 all year round… I am trusting speaker Mike Johnson and Leader John Thune to find a deal that works for farmers, consumers, and refiners, including small and mid-sized refiners, to get …
Iowa Ethanol Supporters Share Message to Trump
Iowa corn and ethanol producers are sending a message to President Trump as he visits their state today and asking for his help to finally push E15 access through Congress. Iowa Corn and Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) published an open letter to President Trump in the Tuesday edition of the Des Moines Register thanking him for his constant support …
New Mexico Officially Adopts Clean Fuel Program
The New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board last week unanimously adopted regulations officially establishing the Clean Transportation Fuel Program, setting April 1 as the opening date for the Southwest’s first clean fuel market. Signed into law by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in 2024, the Clean Transportation Fuel Program is a market-based initiative that incentivizes and expands access to lower-carbon transportation fuels, …
Ethanol Report on E15 and NEC
To say that ethanol supporters are disappointed by the inability of Congress to include nationwide, year-round E15 in the must-pass funding bill this past week is an understatement. Corn farmers and ethanol producers are expressing outrage, disillusionment, and even betrayal after weeks of working on compromise wording for a problem the industry has been trying to get fixed for more …
Congress Devastates Supporters as it Punts on E15
Supporters of nationwide, year-round E15 were once again kicked to the curb by Congress, after weeks of negotiations between farm, ethanol, oil and refinery interests to craft wording that would have included it in the funding bill. Instead lawmakers have opted to create a new “Rural Domestic Energy Council” to develop potential legislative proposals on E15. It’s just too much …
RFA Comments on Canada Clean Fuel Proposal
The Renewable Fuels Association this week submitted comments to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) expressing strong support for Canada’s Clean Fuel Regulations (CFR) and potential amendments to the program. The comments respond to a December ECCC discussion paper that laid out potential targeted amendments meant to “strengthen the resiliency and support the development of Canada’s low-carbon fuel sector, while …
2026 Ethanol Production Off to Record Start
According to the latest Energy Information Agency data analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association, U.S. ethanol production is getting off to a record start this year. For the week ending January 9, ethanol production skyrocketed by nearly nine percent to a record high of 1.20 million barrels per day, equivalent to 50.23 million gallons daily. Output was 9.2% higher than …
Grassley Demands Answers for Small Refinery Exemptions
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) sent a letter this week to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin regarding concerns that some refiners may be making false claims to receive Small Refinery Exemptions (SREs) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Sen. Grassley sent the letter as a follow up on a request sent by Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird in October …
Gevo Awarded Ethanol-to-Olefins Process Patent
Gevo, Inc. has been awarded a patent for its Ethanol-to-Olefins (“ETO”) technology to produce renewable jet fuel. The patented process produces light olefins from ethanol and can convert those olefins into transportation fuels using commercially proven Alcohol-to-Jet (“ATJ”) technologies. Olefins can be used to make cost-effective renewable chemical building blocks such as bio-propylene. ETO technology continues to advance and is …