By Rick Gilmore, President, GIC Group
Biofuel production, end-use in the US, and exports all have registered steady gains from 2016-2025. The track record of growth and production efficiencies has been impressive, but challenges lie ahead and verifiable carbon benefits can serve to enhance the industry’s competitiveness.
CPC Inset, our new company for CPC (commodity plus carbon) trades, offers premium calculations for growers and end-users and reinforces the new USDA Regenerative Farming Program. CPC corn deliveries, CI scored with mass balance and book and claim, enable biofuel industries to tap into tax credit benefits, gain new trading opportunities, and ensure against carbon tariffication measures in export markets. This approach supports a practical convergence of climate emission reduction premiums on corn with renewables.
The trade picture for 2026 is clouded by both tariff and non-tariff barriers. Confusion abounds.
Despite this cloudy climate, CPC certified product provides clarity with end-user assurances and market entry facilitation. Instead of cap ex and fraud infecting most off-set systems, CPC’s chain of custody data collection and verification system is the ideal short-cut to tax credit eligibility.
Our OTC transaction plan for the first quarter and IRS guidelines for 45Z coming soon is a head start and a big boost for renewables. Next up—CPC ethanol futures!
