# Spiking COVID-19 Cases Cause Renewed Concerns for Ethanol Industry

> Renewed COVID-19 case growth is raising concerns for the U.S. ethanol industry, which was hit when more than half of plants shut in April and recovered only slowly through June. The article highlights wet distillers' grains as a valued cattle feed co-product of ethanol production.

- Date: 2020-11-24 · published 2020-11-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50268-spiking-covid-19-cases-cause-renewed-concerns-for-ethanol-industry
- Commodities: [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Weaker ethanol output would reduce DDGS supply and could tighten feed-energy and protein markets. The impact depends on how long the demand slump lasts.

## Read by commodity

- DDGS: neutral

## Sources

- agriculture.com: https://www.agriculture.com/news/livestock/distillers-grains-disappear-as-ethanol-plants-slow-halt-production

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