# Ethanol Sitting Out the Energy Apocalypse | Vine Advisors

> Ethanol production has fallen about 45% over three weeks as plants halted quickly when storage tanks filled. Ethanol prices collapsed below $1 per gallon, but lower feedstock costs and higher DDG and corn oil prices have kept margins near breakeven. Analysts expect animal diets to shift away from DDG back toward corn and soymeal.

- Date: 2020-04-21 · published 2020-04-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53648-ethanol-sitting-out-the-energy-apocalypse-vine-advisors
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Crude Oil (WTI)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WTI.md)

## Why it matters

Reduced DDG supply and the shift in feed rations toward corn and soymeal support those feed ingredients, while lower corn feedstock costs pressure corn prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- WTI: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- DDGS: bullish ▲

## Sources

- thevineadvisors.com: https://thevineadvisors.com/resources/ethanol-sitting-out-the-energy-apocalypse/

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