EPA moving ahead with biofuel blending mandate

The Environmental Protection Agency "sent the White House its regulation governing next year’s blending requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard, but the Trump administration is holding firm on its 2020 mandate, for now," Ryan McCrimmon reports for Politico's Morning Agriculture. "Biofuel and refining industry members say the White House is reluctant to reopen this year’s blending rules despite appeals from both sides, especially after President Donald Trump has spent years struggling to find a balance between oil and agriculture."