ANKENY, IOWA (September 2, 2019) — New public opinion research shows a decisive 78 percent of voters in Iowa support expanding biofuel usage in the US through the federal Renewable Fuel Standard. In addition, 77 percent of voters said it’s important to them that the president keep his promises on supporting the RFS. The Iowa Biodiesel Board commissioned the bi-annual survey on biodiesel awareness and biofuel-related political values.

ANKENY, IOWA (July 4, 2019) — The Iowa Biodiesel Board today expressed extreme dissatisfaction with the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rule for the 2020 Renewable Fuel Standard and 2021 Biomass-based Diesel Volume.

Grant Kimberley, Executive Director of the Iowa Biodiesel Board and Director of Market Development for the Iowa Soybean Association, issued the following statement:

ANKENY, IOWA (April 4, 2019) — Iowa’s biodiesel-producers, soybean-farmers, and fuel-distributors today praised first-term US Representative Abby Finkenauer for introducing a House bill that would extend a biodiesel tax-incentive for 2019, as well as retroactively for 2018. Congress allowed the biodiesel and renewable-diesel tax-credit to lapse since 2017, upsetting market-dynamics and stymying future growth for a promising American energy-industry. 

PRESS RELEASE (February 28, 2019)

WHAT: The “Iowa Biodiesel Day on the Hill,” a legislator education day and luncheon hosted by the Iowa Biodiesel Board. Members and supporters will meet with state legislators to discuss the benefits of the state’s biodiesel industry and their 2019 legislative priorities, which include the following: