# Biomass Magazine

> A roundup of April 2023 ethanol industry news covers calls to reassess US-Brazil trade over ethanol, USDA expanding Margin Protection coverage for corn and soybean farmers, and a Mexican ethanol delegation visit. It also notes that US ethanol and distillers grains exports fell in February.

- Date: 2023-04-07 · published 2023-04-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/36506-biomass-magazine
- Commodities: [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Trade disputes and export declines for distillers grains bear on DDGS demand, while expanded farm insurance has little direct price effect. The mix of items gives limited single-factor price direction.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- DDGS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-01-25 | [\| Miller Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60945-miller-magazine.md) | +0.9% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2021-07-08 | [USGC staff talk corn quality, DDGS with key buyers in Mexico  \| Biomass Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46169-usgc-staff-talk-corn-quality-ddgs-with-key-buyers-in-mexico-biomass-magazine.md) | +3.4% | -10.1% |
| CORN | 2023-10-25 | [ADM Profit Tops Estimates On Good Ethanol Margins, Brazilian Exports \| ESM Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33610-adm-profit-tops-estimates-on-good-ethanol-margins-brazilian-exports-esm-magazine.md) | -3.5% | -4.0% |
| CORN | 2020-06-01 | [Ukraine seaport grain exports fall - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52470-ukraine-seaport-grain-exports-fall-markets-business-recorder.md) | +2.0% | -0.6% |
| CORN | 2024-04-03 | [Ukraine exports 339,000 tonnes of barley in March - analysts](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30795-ukraine-exports-339-000-tonnes-of-barley-in-march-analysts.md) | -0.7% | -0.9% |

## Sources

- biomassmagazine.com: https://biomassmagazine.com/tag/business/82

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