29-05-2025
Farmers Press Trump for Biofuels Boost to Counter Tariff Losses
By , Alicia Diaz, Erin Ailworth, and Ilena Peng
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After losing their biggest export market due to Donald Trump's trade wars, US farmers are now counting on the president's support for biofuels to prevent their next crop from piling up in storage.
The administration is set to soon unveil a plan for how much crop-based biofuels will be blended into fossil fuels starting next year. A higher mandate, still opposed by some in the oil industry, would create a much needed outlet for crops after tariffs hit China — the top commodities buyer simply has no orders for corn, soybeans or wheat from the next harvest on its books, according to the US Department of Agriculture.
