Farm, biofuels groups upset by more refinery waivers on Ag Day

Corn and biofuels groups are upset that the Environmental Protection Agency chose March 14, which was National Agriculture Day, to grant five additional Renewable Fuel Standard Small Refinery Exemptions for the 2017 compliance year, waiving 366 million gallons of biofuels from RFS compliance. "EPA's decision today brings the total waivers from 2016 and 2017 RFS obligations to 53, amounting to 2.61 billion ethanol-equivalent gallons. In years prior to 2016, SREs totaled less than 300 million gallons per year," the National Corn Growers Association said."This action continues to chip away at the RFS and corn demand, hurting America's corn farmers.NCGA has called for EPA to account for these lost volumes and disclose which refineries receive these waivers and why the waivers are justified.