The debate over year round E15 has become a perennial battle ground for biofuel interests, but farm state lawmakers are increasingly optimistic that 2026 will be the year. 

With the extraordinary market pressures farmers are facing after 2025’s bin-busting crop, and the pain that voters are feeling every time they fill up their gas tank, policymakers are pushing forward once again.

To help us understand the current situation in the biofuels market, we’re joined today by DTN Environmental Editor Todd Neeley. Todd will start us off with an update on the latest year round E15 legislation that passed in the house just days ago, and offer insight on the measure’s prospects for making it to the President’s desk. Then we’ll talk about the latest 45z tax credit news, and what other steps advocates are taking to open up new biofuels markets for farm commodities. 

We’ll also dig into the biodiesel story, with conversation on how these biofuel priorities are affecting crush margins and how recent updates coming out of the EU might influence soybean demand. Finally, we’ll check in on the courts, with a discussion on where ongoing lawsuits related to everything from EPA volume announcements to small refinery exemptions currently sit.