# Rewriting the RFS Playbook: The Impact of Recent EPA Decisions on 2023-2027 RVOs for Biomass-Based Diesel - farmdoc daily

> The EPA has issued three RFS actions since June 2025: proposed 2026-2027 renewable volume obligations, a rulemaking on small refinery exemptions for 2018-2024, and a reallocation framework for those exemptions published in September. The authors argue that together these could significantly expand domestic biomass-based diesel production.

- Date: 2025-10-29 · published 2025-10-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/15078-rewriting-the-rfs-playbook-the-impact-of-recent-epa-decisions-on-2023-2027-rvos
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Higher mandated biomass-based diesel volumes would pull more soybean oil, tallow and other feedstocks into biofuel use, supporting oil prices and reducing oil available for feed-related uses such as soybean meal crush economics.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- SBO: bullish ▲
- SOY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2026-07-01 | [Rewriting the RFS Playbook: The Impact of Final RVOs on Projected Biomass-Based Diesel Feedstock Use for 2026-2027](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15017-rewriting-the-rfs-playbook-the-impact-of-final-rvos-on-projected-biomass-based.md) | +4.4% | +2.3% |
| SBO | 2025-11-04 | [Impact Of Recent EPA Decisions On 2023-2027 RVOs For Biomass-Based Diesel - Michigan Advanced Biofuels Coalition](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15075-impact-of-recent-epa-decisions-on-2023-2027-rvos-for-biomass-based-diesel.md) | +1.2% | +5.1% |
| SBO | 2025-11-24 | [Rewriting the RFS Playbook: Revised RVOs Backload Projected Biomass-Based Diesel Production and Feedstock Use into 2027 - farmdoc daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15077-rewriting-the-rfs-playbook-revised-rvos-backload-projected-biomass-based-diesel.md) | +2.6% | -3.6% |
| SBO | 2026-03-01 | [Rewriting the RFS Playbook: The Impact of No Half-RIN and Higher RVOs on Projected Biomass-Based Diesel Production and Feedstock Use for 2026-2027](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15048-rewriting-the-rfs-playbook-the-impact-of-no-half-rin-and-higher-rvos-on.md) | +4.6% | -1.4% |
| SBO | 2026-02-25 | [Rewriting the RFS Playbook: The Impact of No Half-RIN and Higher RVOs on Projected Biomass-Based Diesel Production and Feedstock Use for 2026–2027](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15052-rewriting-the-rfs-playbook-the-impact-of-no-half-rin-and-higher-rvos-on.md) | +2.8% | -1.6% |
| SOY | 2026-07-01 | [Rewriting the RFS Playbook: The Impact of Final RVOs on Projected Biomass-Based Diesel Feedstock Use for 2026-2027](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15017-rewriting-the-rfs-playbook-the-impact-of-final-rvos-on-projected-biomass-based.md) | +7.0% | +5.5% |
| SOY | 2025-11-04 | [Impact Of Recent EPA Decisions On 2023-2027 RVOs For Biomass-Based Diesel - Michigan Advanced Biofuels Coalition](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15075-impact-of-recent-epa-decisions-on-2023-2027-rvos-for-biomass-based-diesel.md) | -0.3% | +0.4% |
| SOY | 2025-11-24 | [Rewriting the RFS Playbook: Revised RVOs Backload Projected Biomass-Based Diesel Production and Feedstock Use into 2027 - farmdoc daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15077-rewriting-the-rfs-playbook-revised-rvos-backload-projected-biomass-based-diesel.md) | +0.3% | -6.4% |

## Sources

- farmdocdaily.illinois.edu: https://farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2025/10/rewriting-the-rfs-playbook-the-impact-of-recent-epa-decisions-on-2023-2027-rvos-for-biomass-based-diesel.html

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