Mark Gebhards, Illinois Farm Bureau, provides and update on issues. Items covered are the Build Back Better Bill, the AFBF opposition, the Continuing Resolution that is currently funding the Federal Government and the December 3 deadline to pass something before a shutdown. He promotes the IFB Market Study Tour to the United Kingdom and France. He highlights the upcoming registration deadline for USDOT/UCR by the end of the year and the Secretary of State requirement for appointments to take behind the wheel road tests. Matt Kaye reports on EPA’s delay for renewing Biofuel blending obligations and what that means for the future of the market amid increased fuel prices. Emily Skor, CEO of Growth Energy, also talks about the delays in blending requirements.