January 12, 2026
BY Erin Krueger
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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins has announced the appointment of Justin Benavidez as USDA’s Chief Economist. Benavidez’s appointment follows the retirement of Seth Meyer, who served as USDA’s Chief Economist since 2021.
The U.S. House of Representatives on Jan. 8 voted 397 to 28 in favor of an appropriations package that includes language on biomass energy and sustainability. Reports accompanying the legislation include guidance on SREs and SAF.
Clean Fuels Alliance America on Jan. 8 sent a letter to U.S. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, asking the agency to maintain the 2025 Renewable Fuel Standard compliance deadline on March 31, 2026, to mitigate the impacts of rulemaking delays.
Biomass Magazine has released the agenda for the 19th Annual International Biomass Conference & Expo, scheduled for March 31-April 2, 2026, at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
The U.K. Department for Transport late 2025 signaled it may be softening its stance on crop-based SAF. The agency is gathering stakeholder input that could provide a pathway to open the country’s SAF Mandate program to crop-based biofuels.