A roundtable launched a Thought Leadership Report on grain-based ethanol in India, highlighting India's 19.6% ethanol blending in January 2025. The report calls for policy support and investment in maize and surplus rice feedstocks.
Expanding grain ethanol feedstock demand in India could support maize and surplus rice prices, but the event itself is a policy discussion with no immediate supply change.
After 318 past bullish policy events, Corn moved a median -0.1% over 5 sessions (48% higher; middle half -1.4% to +1.5%), and -0.2% over 20.
After 168 past bullish policy events, Rough Rice moved a median +0.8% over 5 sessions (57% higher; middle half -1.7% to +2.1%), and -0.4% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.