# Ethanol woes impact farmers using distillers

> Livestock producers have lost easy access to distillers grains as the COVID-19 slowdown cut ethanol output, forcing cattle and hog feeders to return to corn-based rations. Iowa State's Dan Loy describes the scramble to adjust feed formulations.

- Date: 2020-07-25 · published 2020-07-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52109-ethanol-woes-impact-farmers-using-distillers
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Reduced DDGS availability raises feed costs for ruminant and hog producers and shifts demand toward corn, supporting corn prices while lowering DDGS demand.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- DDGS: bullish ▲

## Sources

- agupdate.com: https://agupdate.com/iowafarmertoday/news/livestock/article_11ebe570-cc3a-11ea-a875-7f854531176a.html
- agupdate.com: https://agupdate.com/iowafarmertoday/news/livestock/ethanol-woes-impact-farmers-using-distillers/article_11ebe570-cc3a-11ea-a875-7f854531176a.html

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