AED Applauds Trump Administration’s Summer E15 Waiver
On March 25, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced that the Trump administration is issuing a waiver allowing the sale of higher-ethanol E15 gasoline this summer. The welcomed announcement came as Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) and dealers from the Pioneer Equipment Dealers Association and the Iowa-Nebraska Equipment Dealers Association met with senior advisers to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and on Capitol Hill about boosting demand for crops, such as expanding the use of biofuels, and other issues important to the nation’s agriculture sector.
Following Zeldin’s declaration, AED’s President & CEO Brian P. McGuire issued the following statement:
“AED commends President Trump and Administrator Zeldin for granting the E15 waiver for the summer and the administration’s continued support for its year-round use,” said McGuire. “E15 is an essential tool, along with other biofuels, to increase markets for crops, and its well-past time for Congress to pass legislation authorizing year-round E15. Further delay in enacting this commonsense policy is unacceptable as the nation’s farmers continue to struggle to survive.”
AED continues to make expanding the use of agriculture-based biofuels a top priority along with other initiatives that will assist the agriculture sector such as passing a farm bill and opening new international markets to strengthen export opportunities for American farmers, ranchers, and producers.
To read AED’s more recent letter supporting year-round E15 click here.
To read AED’s letter supporting the House farm bill, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026, click here.