# Ethanol crush margins turns positive for second time in 2020  : The Daily Digest

> Platts reported that Texas ethanol crush margins turned positive for the second time in 2020, at 6 cents per gallon. Ethanol prices rose faster than corn futures, even as EIA data showed production down about 48,000 barrels per day and stocks up 884,000 barrels.

- Date: 2020-02-19 · published 2020-02-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54601-ethanol-crush-margins-turns-positive-for-second-time-in-2020-the-daily-digest
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Improved crush margins support ethanol plant operating rates and corn grind, which supports corn demand. Rising ethanol stocks limit how far that improvement can go.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Sources

- biofuelsdigest.com: https://biofuelsdigest.com/ethanol-crush-margins-turns-positive-for-second-time-in-2020/

---
Data from Feedsoft AI (https://feedsoft.ai/). For information only; not investment advice.