# Agrana reports rebounding ethanol margins despite falling prices

> Agrana reported improved ethanol production margins in the first half of its fiscal year due to lower input costs, despite falling ethanol prices. The result reflects European producer profitability.

- Date: 2024-10-10 · published 2024-10-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/27837-agrana-reports-rebounding-ethanol-margins-despite-falling-prices
- Commodities: [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Margin recovery through lower input costs can sustain production levels, but the limited scale of this single producer has little direct effect on feed or grain prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2016-07-18 | [Grain Supply and Demand report sends grain prices falling](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7417-grain-supply-and-demand-report-sends-grain-prices-falling.md) | +5.9% | +1.7% |
| CORN | 2017-09-01 | [Report: ethanol consolidation likely as margins decline. - Free Online Library](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68960-report-ethanol-consolidation-likely-as-margins-decline-free-online-library.md) | -0.4% | +0.8% |
| CORN | 2017-05-02 | [ADM reports strong Q1, expects good ethanol margins for Q2, Q3 \| Biomass Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70991-adm-reports-strong-q1-expects-good-ethanol-margins-for-q2-q3-biomass-magazine.md) | -0.6% | +1.5% |
| CORN | 2023-10-26 | [ADM Reports Strong Q3 for Ethanol](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33607-adm-reports-strong-q3-for-ethanol.md) | -3.5% | -3.6% |
| CORN | 2026-04-02 | [February U.S. Ethanol and DDGS Exports Remain Robust Despite Pullback](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19707-february-u-s-ethanol-and-ddgs-exports-remain-robust-despite-pullback.md) | -1.6% | +1.9% |

## Sources

- qcintel.com: https://www.qcintel.com/biofuels/article/agrana-reports-rebounding-ethanol-margins-despite-falling-prices-30441.html

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