The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF) voiced its support for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to maintain the level of conventional renewable fuels at 15 billion gallons for 2019 in the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).

However, the IFBF strongly urged the government agency follow the letter and intent of the RFS law by reforming its process of allowing so-called “hardship” waivers for small refineries and to reallocate the gallons affected by the...