▁the ▁industry ▁to ▁a ▁new ▁mil estone . ▁Under ▁the ▁E PA ▁Ren ew able ▁F uel ▁Standard , ▁targets ▁have ▁been ▁implemented ▁for ▁the ▁b iod ies el ▁production ▁plants ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁monitor ▁and ▁document ▁production ▁levels ▁in ▁comparison ▁to ▁total ▁demand . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁year - end ▁data ▁released ▁by ▁the ▁E PA , ▁b iod ies el ▁production ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁reached ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 ▁billion ▁gall ons . ▁This ▁production ▁number ▁far ▁exceed ed ▁the ▁ 8 0 0 ▁million ▁gall on ▁target ▁set ▁by ▁the ▁E PA . ▁The ▁project ed ▁production ▁for ▁ 2 0 2 0 ▁is ▁nearly ▁ 1 2 ▁billion ▁gall ons . ▁ ▁B iod ies el ▁feed stock s ▁ ▁A ▁variety ▁of ▁o ils ▁can ▁be ▁used ▁to ▁produce ▁b iod ies el . ▁These ▁include : ▁▁ ▁Virgin ▁oil ▁feed stock ▁– ▁rap ese ed ▁and ▁so y bean ▁o ils ▁are ▁most ▁commonly ▁used , ▁so y bean ▁oil ▁ ▁account ing ▁for ▁about ▁half ▁of ▁U . S . ▁production . ▁It ▁also ▁can ▁be ▁obtained ▁from ▁P ong am ia , ▁field ▁pen ny c ress ▁and ▁j atro pha ▁and ▁other ▁cro ps ▁such ▁as ▁must ard , ▁jo job a , ▁fla x , ▁sun flow er , ▁pal m ▁oil , ▁co con ut ▁and ▁h emp ▁( see ▁list ▁of ▁veget able ▁o ils ▁for ▁bio f uel ▁for ▁more ▁information ); ▁ ▁W aste ▁veget able