Iowa Republican Senator Chuck Grassley of New Hartford and Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota are calling for 2026 Renewable Fuel Standard volumes that keep pace with biofuels production and availability.
In a letter to the EPA, the bipartisan senators, along with 16 colleagues, urged higher RFS levels for biomass-based diesel and advanced biofuels, with an equal increase in total volume.
Grassley tells Radio on the Go News that the move is needed to help keep the price of soybeans strong.
“They’re way, way short of what the industry can produce and what the country needs. So bad that the Ralston plant in Ralston, Iowa has been shut down now for many months. I don’t know how long, but many months. There’s also one in Wisconsin shut down. So this is to jack up the EPA to get more protection for biodiesel to produce more so we can open these plants up, produce more biodiesel more environmentally pure, keep jobs in rural America.”
Iowa Republican Senator Joni Ernst is also calling for increased RFS volumes in 2026.
