Following “Unworkable” New Guidance, Rep. Angie Craig Presses Biden Administration to Better Support Minnesota Family Farmers and Ethanol Producers

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig pressed the Biden Administration to do more to support Minnesota family farmers and ethanol producers as they craft policy on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production.

Rep. Craig urged Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to rework recent 40B SAF GREET Model guidance and consider Minnesota producers as part of upcoming 45Z Clean Production Tax Credit guidance. This comes after Rep. Craig slammed the Administration for their “unworkable” 40B guidance that cut Minnesota farmers out of the SAF market.

“The SAF market offers tremendous growth opportunities for Minnesota farmers and biofuels producers and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to decarbonize the aviation sector,” wrote Rep. Craig. “USDA has been telling farmers they will contribute to the SAF market and have access to these credits, but this Administration published a rule that prevents their very access to the opportunity. We should be creating pathways to move crop-based feedstocks into the SAF supply chain, instead this guidance chooses winners and losers in market access based on geography.”

Rep. Craig has long advocated for the inclusion of biofuels production in the SAF market.

Earlier this year, she led a bipartisan, bicameral push to urge the Biden Administration to ensure biofuels are appropriately utilized in efforts to decarbonize the aviation industry.

Click here to read Rep. Craig’s full letter. 

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