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America is strongest when we lean into what we do best: building, growing, and fueling from within. Bioethanol is a unique product that allows us to do all three. And right now, with tariffs threatening to cause disruption across industries — including agriculture — it’s time we take a serious look at a powerful, homegrown solution that is already within our reach: year-round E15.
E15 (gasoline blended with 15% bioethanol) is more than just a cleaner, more affordable fuel choice. It’s a key to improving market stability for our nation’s farmers and rural communities while unlocking American energy dominance. We’ve seen it before: when biofuels win, rural America wins. Over the last two decades, as bioethanol became an essential component of the U.S. fuel supply and scaled up from 1% of gasoline to 10%, U.S. farm income nearly tripled and land values more than doubled.
Today, year-round E15 represents the next step in that value creation by generating reliable domestic demand for surplus corn, reducing our dependence on foreign oil, and empowering rural communities to play a central role in strengthening America’s energy future. A full transition from E10 to E15 across the U.S. would increase corn demand by 2.5 billion bushels per year and create over $66 billion in economic impact.
On the other hand, grain export strategies, which have been widely discussed as a solution, provide limited relief at best. In fact, the USDA has acknowledged that positive effects from shifting trade are minimal compared to the direct losses that tariffs cause to businesses and consumers. Simply put, we can’t trade our way out of this — we must create demand here at home.
American energy dominance is about building resilient energy solutions in America. Every gallon of bioethanol blended into our fuel displaces imported petroleum with a renewable fuel that’s grown by our farmers, produced in our communities, and used every day by drivers across the country. With E15, we’re not waiting on foreign demand or relying on foreign sources of energy. We’re creating our own.
That’s real energy independence, rooted in our soil.
In April, the Trump administration took a meaningful step by granting a summer waiver to allow uninterrupted E15 sales — a clear signal of support for America’s farmers. But this marks the fourth year in a row we’ve relied on a waiver, proving that a temporary solution is not enough. What we need now is a permanent, nationwide fix that ensures E15 can be sold year-round, every year, without relying on repeated administrative action.
POET was founded on the vision that agriculture and bioprocessing could revitalize rural communities, improve our environment, and change our energy future. Today, that vision is more important than ever. Supporting year-round E15 is not just good policy — it’s a common-sense solution that benefits farmers, consumers, and the U.S. economy.
Let’s fuel our future the American way with homegrown E15!
