# Ethanol plant idling sends ripple effect through rural economies

> Eighteen ethanol plants with about 1 billion gallons of combined capacity are temporarily or permanently closed, according to the RFA. The RFA says this removes demand for 350 million bushels of corn and eliminates about 3 million metric tons of DDGS production, which it attributes to small refinery exemptions.

- Date: 2019-10-03 · published 2019-10-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56578-ethanol-plant-idling-sends-ripple-effect-through-rural-economies
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Lost corn grind weighs on corn demand, while the loss of about 3 million metric tons of DDGS supply tightens feed co-product availability and supports DDGS prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- DDGS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-09-19 | [Corn-Based Ethanol Plants Diversify to Survive](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57071-corn-based-ethanol-plants-diversify-to-survive.md) | +2.3% | +4.2% |
| CORN | 2019-03-16 | [U.S. ethanol market sees first sales decline in decades](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60070-u-s-ethanol-market-sees-first-sales-decline-in-decades.md) | +2.6% | -3.5% |
| CORN | 2025-03-25 | [US grain industry warns of economic fallout from proposed shipping rules \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25781-us-grain-industry-warns-of-economic-fallout-from-proposed-shipping-rules-feed.md) | -1.5% | +3.1% |
| CORN | 2019-08-30 | [Interview: Ringneck Energy looks to avoid US ethanol industry's woes: CEO](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57583-interview-ringneck-energy-looks-to-avoid-us-ethanol-industry-s-woes-ceo.md) | -2.4% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2019-03-13 | [The Release of China’s Rice Stocks Could Impact Global Feed Markets \| Economic Research Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60169-the-release-of-china-s-rice-stocks-could-impact-global-feed-markets-economic.md) | +4.3% | -1.0% |

## Sources

- feedstuffs.com: https://www.feedstuffs.com/agribusiness-news/ethanol-plant-idling-has-ripple-effect-in-rural-economies

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