# What will 2023 mean for ethanol margins? | DRGNews

> Ethanol production margins weakened late in 2022. Iowa State's center put the average dry-mill margin at 34.64 cents per gallon, more than a dollar below a year earlier, as Iowa ethanol prices fell and corn rose to $6.82 a bushel.

- Date: 2023-01-05 · published 2023-01-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/37793-what-will-2023-mean-for-ethanol-margins-drgnews
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Thinner ethanol margins reduce plant run rates and corn grind demand, which weighs on corn and DDGS prices while keeping feedstock costs high for processors.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Sources

- drgnews.com: https://drgnews.com/2023/01/05/what-will-2023-mean-for-ethanol-margins/

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