# Ethanol Production Profits in 2025 - farmdoc daily

> The farmdoc daily analysis estimates profitability of a representative Iowa 100-million-gallon dry-mill ethanol plant for calendar 2025, testing whether the industry extended its run of five straight years of positive profits. The model uses standard cost and financing assumptions.

- Date: 2026-03-05 · published 2026-03-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/20158-ethanol-production-profits-in-2025-farmdoc-daily
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Healthy ethanol margins support sustained plant run rates and corn grind, which underpins demand for corn and DDGS feed co-products.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- DDGS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-03-23 | [A Solid Year for Ethanol Production Profits in 2022 - farmdoc daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36839-a-solid-year-for-ethanol-production-profits-in-2022-farmdoc-daily.md) | +1.6% | +0.2% |
| CORN | 2026-03-06 | [US ethanol production, exports reach new highs in 2025 \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20163-us-ethanol-production-exports-reach-new-highs-in-2025-feed-and-grain.md) | +1.2% | +2.2% |
| CORN | 2024-10-24 | [Ethanol production rises but stocks still fall  : The Daily Digest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27840-ethanol-production-rises-but-stocks-still-fall-the-daily-digest.md) | -1.3% | +1.0% |
| CORN | 2023-09-26 | [USDA: Corn Use for Fuel Ethanol Production Up in July](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34207-usda-corn-use-for-fuel-ethanol-production-up-in-july.md) | +1.7% | +3.3% |
| CORN | 2025-02-01 | [U.S. Ethanol Production and Exports Hit Records in 2024, New Data Show](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26055-u-s-ethanol-production-and-exports-hit-records-in-2024-new-data-show.md) | +0.6% | -3.9% |

## Sources

- farmdocdaily.illinois.edu: https://farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2026/03/ethanol-production-profits-in-2025.html

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