# Q&A: Carbon pipeline execs say ethanol's future hangs in the balance • South Dakota Searchlight

> Summit Carbon Solutions executives say South Dakota ethanol's future depends on cutting carbon emissions as markets demand lower-carbon products. State regulators denied permits for carbon pipelines in September, and Navigator CO2 has withdrawn its plan.

- Date: 2023-11-30 · published 2023-11-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/33160-q-and-a-carbon-pipeline-execs-say-ethanol-s-future-hangs-in-the-balance-south
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Uncertainty over carbon capture could affect ethanol plant competitiveness and corn grind over the longer term, but the impact on near-term feed prices is limited.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-02-15 | [Renewable fuels industry report: state could lose ethanol plants without carbon dioxide pipelines - Radio Iowa](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37319-renewable-fuels-industry-report-state-could-lose-ethanol-plants-without-carbon.md) | -0.3% | -5.3% |
| CORN | 2025-10-29 | [‘All will be forgiven’: Farmers and lawmakers have all eyes on Trump-Xi meeting with a bailout hanging in the balance \| CNN Politics](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22379-all-will-be-forgiven-farmers-and-lawmakers-have-all-eyes-on-trump-xi-meeting.md) | -0.2% | +0.8% |
| CORN | 2018-03-22 | [Where’s ethanol going to go?  : The Daily Digest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66008-where-s-ethanol-going-to-go-the-daily-digest.md) | -0.2% | +4.2% |
| CORN | 2018-11-30 | [Slight Bump Given to Cellulosic Ethanol, Advanced Biofuels](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61905-slight-bump-given-to-cellulosic-ethanol-advanced-biofuels.md) | +8.0% | +8.5% |
| CORN | 2017-03-05 | [Trump administration a wild card for ethanol industry](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71987-trump-administration-a-wild-card-for-ethanol-industry.md) | -3.8% | -2.0% |

## Sources

- southdakotasearchlight.com: https://southdakotasearchlight.com/2023/11/29/qa-carbon-pipeline-execs-say-ethanols-future-hangs-in-the-balance/

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