USDA Under Secretary Xochitl Torres Small announced on 29 October that the department will provide $39 million in grants to US business owners to increase domestic biofuel supplies in 18 states and provide Americans with cleaner, more affordable fuel options.
Torres-Small also announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will provide $200 million in funding through the New Bio-based Market Access and Development Grant Programme funded by the Commodity Credit Corporation.
The awards and funding announced on 29 October were made possible by the High Mix Infrastructure Incentive Program and the Bio-Based Market Access and Development Program funded through the CCC and the Inflation Reduction Act.