KEYNOTE: In his remarks, Geoff Cooper, CEO of the RFA, discussed the challenges farmers are facing and ethanol’s value to the farming sector as a source of stable income.
April 3, 2025
BY Katie Schroeder
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The U.S. exported 138.75 million gallons of ethanol and 849,645 metric tons of distillers grains in February, according to data released by the USDA on April 3. Exports of both products were down when compared to February 2024.
Sens. John Thune, R-S.D., and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., on April 3 led a bipartisan group of colleagues in asking President Donald Trump to exercise emergency waiver authority to permit the continued nationwide availability of E15 this summer.
The International Air Transport Association has launched the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Registry with its release to the Civil Aviation Decarbonization Organization. The registry is now live and under CADO management.
The U.S. Department of Commerce has disbanded an advisory committee that provided the agency with private sector advice aimed at boosting the competitiveness of U.S. renewable energy and energy efficiency exports, including ethanol and wood pellets.
Iowa’s Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Program on March 25 awarded nearly $3 million in grants to support the addition of E15 at 111 retail sites. The program also awarded grants to support two biodiesel infrastructure projects.