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Low RVO would cause trust loss in Biden administration

The new National Corn Growers President says the EPA should set this year’s Renewable Volume Obligations at 15 billion gallons, matching 2020’s original level.

Chris Edgington said if the RVOs are set below 15 billion gallons, it would strain farmer trust in the Biden administration.

“It certainly is not going to help trust if he lowers and goes against what he campaigned on and said that he was very much in renewable fuels, liked renewable fuels, wanted to work with renewable fuels and then a year later to do something different than that,” He said.

He tells Brownfield the obligations do a good job of self-regulating, correcting sharply lower during the pandemic because of demand losses.

“It was designed really well by a whole bunch of people a number of years ago from all sides and all parties that were engaged in it,” Edgington said. “And we see no reason it should not be at 15 billion gallons.”

Edgington calls ethanol and biodiesel tools that could immediately improve the environment and lower fuel cost.

Edgington spoke on an NCGA press call Tuesday.