# Ethanol struggles in early winter

> North Dakota ethanol plants are paying up to 50 cents per bushel more to get farmers to harvest corn left in fields after early October snow. Wet corn must be artificially dried before use, adding costs. Producers say rising corn costs are squeezing ethanol margins across the Corn Belt.

- Date: 2019-11-16 · published 2019-11-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56054-ethanol-struggles-in-early-winter
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Higher local corn bids and drying costs tighten ethanol plant margins, which can support corn basis while slowing ethanol output if margins stay thin.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- DDGS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-12-02 | [Hints of El Nino in Early Winter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55503-hints-of-el-nino-in-early-winter.md) | -0.2% | +1.7% |
| CORN | 2018-12-24 | [Early winter weather puts U.S. safe-haven corn planting in doubt](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61606-early-winter-weather-puts-u-s-safe-haven-corn-planting-in-doubt.md) | -0.4% | +0.8% |
| CORN | 2023-06-27 | [US corn could struggle to compete in export market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14837-us-corn-could-struggle-to-compete-in-export-market.md) | -7.9% | +0.0% |
| CORN | 2021-11-21 | [Early-planted Corn Yield Losses Possible as Drier Pattern Sets In](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13767-early-planted-corn-yield-losses-possible-as-drier-pattern-sets-in.md) | -1.8% | -0.1% |
| CORN | 2025-12-12 | [Early Freeze Puts Strain On River Ops - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16405-early-freeze-puts-strain-on-river-ops-the-waterways-journal.md) | +1.0% | -2.9% |

## Sources

- kfyrtv.com: https://www.kfyrtv.com/content/news/Ethanol-struggles-in-early-winter-565013202.html

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