Based out of Homerville, Georgia, Conner Holdings utilizes the surrounding southern yellow pine within the Pine Belt in its sawmill-to-pellet production. IMAGE: STELA DRYING TECHNOLOGY
October 7, 2025
BY Caitlin Scheresky
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Hawaii’s only refinery has expanded its product portfolio to include renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel, providing local jobs and supporting the state’s decarbonization goals.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Sept. 30 sent a letter to the U.S. EPA urging the agency to maintained proposed biomass-based diesel RVOs and move forward with plans to boost the domestic ag industry in its upcoming RFS “Set 2” rule.
The sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry’s biggest players gathered at the North American SAF Conference and Expo in Minneapolis on Sept. 22-24 to confront the sector’s steep challenges and chart its path forward.
Old crop soybeans stored in all positions as of Sept. 1, 2025, totaled 316 million bushels, down 8% when compared to the same time last year, according to the USDA NASS’s latest quarterly Grain Stocks report, released Sept. 30.
Total operable U.S. biofuel production capacity fell slightly in July, with declines for biodiesel and renewable diesel. Ethanol capacity was up slightly and total feedstock consumption was up 2% when compared to June.