# Alternative feedstuffs provide solutions for loss of DDGs - High Plains Journal

> Kansas State specialists advised cattle producers to find alternative feed ingredients as ethanol plants slowed production during the coronavirus pandemic. Dry distillers grains are in short supply, and their prices have likely risen for buyers still able to source them.

- Date: 2020-06-14 · published 2020-06-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52711-alternative-feedstuffs-provide-solutions-for-loss-of-ddgs-high-plains-journal
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Reduced DDG availability pushes cattle feeders toward substitutes such as other protein and energy sources, supporting demand for those alternatives while keeping DDGS prices elevated.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- DDGS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-08-26 | [What's to Blame for the High Price of Eggs? \| Hoosier Ag Today](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28793-what-s-to-blame-for-the-high-price-of-eggs-hoosier-ag-today.md) | +2.6% | +6.4% |
| CORN | 2019-03-07 | [African swine fever spreads to nine Vietnam provinces, ‘unpredictable’ - VnExpress International](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59963-african-swine-fever-spreads-to-nine-vietnam-provinces-unpredictable-vnexpress.md) | -1.0% | -0.7% |
| CORN | 2019-09-20 | [Vietnam Chicken prices drop to 10-year low - VnExpress International](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57210-vietnam-chicken-prices-drop-to-10-year-low-vnexpress-international.md) | +1.7% | +4.4% |
| CORN | 2022-05-20 | [Grain sector cautions of FMD fallout \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41373-grain-sector-cautions-of-fmd-fallout-farm-online-act.md) | -1.3% | -1.3% |
| CORN | 2026-10-27 | [Bird Flu Forces Depopulation of 934,600 Egg-Laying Hens in Clinton County, Illinois, the Nation's Largest Active Outbreak](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17126-bird-flu-forces-depopulation-of-934-600-egg-laying-hens-in-clinton-county.md) | +0.0% | — |

## Sources

- hpj.com: https://hpj.com/2020/06/14/alternative-feedstuffs-provide-solutions-for-loss-of-ddgs/

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