# [Article Headline] | 2020-04-20  | Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.

> Dried distillers grains are becoming hard to find as ethanol plants cut output, and cattle and pork producers face higher prices or longer waits for loads. As of the reporting date, 73 ethanol plants had fully idled and 71 had cut output by 10% to 50%. Some DDG prices rose in several states, while others fell.

- Date: 2020-04-20 · published 2020-04-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53766-article-headline-2020-04-20-agri-pulse-communications-inc
- Commodities: [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Tighter DDG supply raises feed costs for cattle and hog producers and pushes them toward substitutes such as soybean meal, supporting those ingredients.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- DDGS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2025-08-01 | [Argentine Peso Posts Worst Month Since Milei’s 2023 Devaluation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24044-argentine-peso-posts-worst-month-since-milei-s-2023-devaluation.md) | +3.3% | +8.6% |
| SBM | 2018-05-16 | [‘Start selling so dollars come in,’ Argentine soybean farmers are told](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64865-start-selling-so-dollars-come-in-argentine-soybean-farmers-are-told.md) | -1.3% | -9.1% |
| SBM | 2022-06-29 | [Three Signs Show That Argentina Is Heading to a Devaluation - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41226-three-signs-show-that-argentina-is-heading-to-a-devaluation-bloomberg.md) | -1.1% | +3.0% |
| SBM | 2022-06-06 | [Businesses are starting to feel the impact of exchange rate fluctuations.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41262-businesses-are-starting-to-feel-the-impact-of-exchange-rate-fluctuations.md) | +3.1% | +9.5% |
| SBM | 2026-09-21 | [Particle: Argentina’s Official Dollar Steady as Parallel Rates Rise to Records](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17752-particle-argentina-s-official-dollar-steady-as-parallel-rates-rise-to-records.md) | +2.1% | +2.7% |

## Sources

- agri-pulse.com: https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/13515-article-headline

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