Biofuels Supporters Concerned about Biden’s RFS Support
by Larry Lee (Brownfield Ag News) Biofuels supporters remain opposed to President Biden considering relief for oil refiners from biofuel blending requirements. Jonathan Gibbs with the Wisconsin Soybean Board tells Brownfield Biden’s planned Tuesday visit in Wisconsin would be a good opportunity for the President to show farmers he still supports them. “They’re kind of pushing President Biden to reverse his support that he gave on the campaign trail, and after being inaugurated, reverse his support for our farmer-friendly and environmentally-friendly biofuels, and as the President comes to the state here on Tuesday, we’d sure like him to reaffirm his support.”
Biden is reportedly getting pressure from lawmakers and labor unions to help the oil industry.
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He (Gibbs) is also concerned the Biden EPA might still grant Small Refinery Exemptions and not fully enforce the RFS. READ MORE
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Excerpt from Bloomberg Quint: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has promoted farming as an early front for climate-change efforts, stressing voluntary incentives designed to appeal to farmers and the potential for additional income streams through sales of carbon credits. On Tuesday, Biden plans to highlight statistics indicating that 35% of rural families lack high-speed Internet — and that 82,000 Wisconsin children don’t have access to reliable connections — to help make the case for his proposals, a White House official said. But parts of Biden’s agenda are already generating a backlash. Seventy-eight percent of farmers say they are very concerned that changes Biden is seeking in the estate tax would make it harder to pass their farm on to the next generation, according a Purdue University/CME Group survey taken in May. READ MORE
