
SOURCE: CoBank
October 20, 2025
BY Erin Krueger
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U.S. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin on Oct. 13 announced the agency will propose two options to reallocate 770 million renewable identification numbers (RINs) waived through recent small refinery exemptions (SRE) under the Renewable Fuel Standard.
ARC Bio, the Canadian joint venture between an affiliate of Bioénergie AECN and Alder Renewables, on Sept. 30 announced the successful demonstration of a pathway to produce SAF Canadian forest residues through refinery co-processing.
Verbio on Oct. 6 commissioned the world’s first large-scale ethenolysis plant based on rapeseed methyl ester at its Bitterfeld site. The new plant is capable of producing up to 60,000 metric tons of biobased chemicals annually.
The USDA maintained its forecast for soybean oil use in biofuel production in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, released Oct. 9. The outlook for soybean oil prices was also unchanged.
The USDA on Oct. 9 released its latest Crop Production report, predicting soybean production for beans will reach a record high 4.56 billion bushels in 2026, up 1% when compared to the September forecast and up 7% when compared to 2025.