# US corn DDGS to help fill cottonseed gap in more rations - Grain Central

> The first bulk shipment of US corn DDGS is booked to berth in Brisbane next month, with more cargoes planned. Australian feedlots and millers are cutting cottonseed inclusion rates to under 6% due to a drought-hit cotton crop forecast at 600,000 bales.

- Date: 2020-02-03 · published 2020-02-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54654-us-corn-ddgs-to-help-fill-cottonseed-gap-in-more-rations-grain-central
- Commodities: [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Cottonseed Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CSM.md)

## Why it matters

Imported DDGS is filling a feed gap left by the short cottonseed supply, adding demand for US DDGS exports and supporting feed-ingredient prices in Australia.

## Read by commodity

- CSM: bearish ▼
- CORN: bullish ▲
- DDGS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-10-27 | [U.S. corn, DDGS compete in Canada for feed grains market share](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68571-u-s-corn-ddgs-compete-in-canada-for-feed-grains-market-share.md) | -0.2% | -5.4% |
| CORN | 2023-12-04 | [Weekly Grain Movement: Corn outperforms trade expectations](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32767-weekly-grain-movement-corn-outperforms-trade-expectations.md) | +1.7% | +3.1% |
| CORN | 2021-12-16 | [Will China's Imports of Corn Remain High in 2022? \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14971-will-china-s-imports-of-corn-remain-high-in-2022-feed-and-grain.md) | -2.7% | +0.4% |
| CORN | 2018-11-12 | [Barley weakens, corn grows as Australia remembers the fallen - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62113-barley-weakens-corn-grows-as-australia-remembers-the-fallen-grain-central.md) | -6.7% | +0.1% |
| CORN | 2020-11-30 | [Mexico Buys Most U.S. Corn in Nearly a Year \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49602-mexico-buys-most-u-s-corn-in-nearly-a-year-feed-and-grain.md) | -1.5% | -1.0% |

## Sources

- beefcentral.com: https://www.beefcentral.com/lotfeeding/us-corn-ddgs-to-help-fill-cottonseed-gap-in-more-rations/
- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/markets/us-corn-ddgs-to-help-fill-cottonseed-gap-in-more-rations/

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