# DDG supply shortage already impacting livestock rations and price - RealAgriculture

> Ethanol plants are cutting production as gasoline demand falls, and feedyards report DDG supply shortages. Some contracts face cuts of up to 50%, and Lethbridge DDG prices are running 15-20% above feed barley. US DDG prices also rose about $30 per ton week over week.

- Date: 2020-04-02 · published 2020-04-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53767-ddg-supply-shortage-already-impacting-livestock-rations-and-price
- Commodities: [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Scarce DDG supply and higher prices raise rations costs for cattle feeders and shift demand to barley and other feeds.

## Read by commodity

- DDGS: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Sources

- realagriculture.com: https://www.realagriculture.com/2020/04/ddg-supply-shortage-already-impacting-livestock-rations-and-price/

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