In Iowa, the Iowa Legislature ended its legislative session without taking action on the proposed Iowa Biofuels Standard, a bill introduced by Governor Kim Reynolds to set a minimum standard of biofuels in the state’s fuel supply. Although the bill (HF 859) passed out of several committees and remains active for the next session, the state’s biodiesel industry and soybean farmers alike expressed their disappointment with the lack of passage. Grant Kimberley, Iowa Biodiesel Board executive director, issued the following statement: “We are disheartened that the Iowa Biofuels Standard legislation did not pass. As a top agriculture state and the leading biofuels-producing state, Iowa should be at the forefront of adopting renewable fuels. We encouraged legislators to embrace this commonsense legislation to make biofuel blends the standard here rather than the ‘alternative.’ Additionally, this legislation would have saved significant taxpayer dollars over the current structure.