# Trade tensions, oversupply, and SREs drive biofuel plant shutdowns - ProAg

> Some 17 ethanol plants have idled or closed in the past year, according to the Renewable Fuels Association, with POET pausing its Cloverdale, Indiana plant and cutting output at half its biorefineries. Trade tensions, oversupply and small refinery exemptions are blamed.

- Date: 2019-09-17 · published 2019-09-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/57067-trade-tensions-oversupply-and-sres-drive-biofuel-plant-shutdowns-proag
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Idled ethanol capacity lowers corn grind and DDGS output across the Midwest, a bearish signal for corn and a tightening factor for DDGS supply.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- DDGS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-08-22 | [Trade tensions, oversupply, and SREs drive biofuel plant shutdowns \| 2019-08-22  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57584-trade-tensions-oversupply-and-sres-drive-biofuel-plant-shutdowns-2019-08-22.md) | +2.4% | +1.3% |
| CORN | 2018-09-20 | [EPA details broad expansion of biofuel waiver program](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62925-epa-details-broad-expansion-of-biofuel-waiver-program.md) | +3.9% | +5.9% |
| CORN | 2025-06-16 | [Chicago soyoil futures hit 18-month high on biofuel mandate, Mideast tensions](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5339-chicago-soyoil-futures-hit-18-month-high-on-biofuel-mandate-mideast-tensions.md) | -2.9% | -5.7% |
| CORN | 2025-10-07 | [Federal Biofuel Policies Likely To Drive Demand For U.S. Corn, Soybeans - Michigan Advanced Biofuels Coalition](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15081-federal-biofuel-policies-likely-to-drive-demand-for-u-s-corn-soybeans-michigan.md) | -1.7% | +0.8% |
| CORN | 2025-05-16 | [Jerry Gulke: Trump Administration Sinks Grain Markets After Dropping Ball on Trade and Biofuels - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6683-jerry-gulke-trump-administration-sinks-grain-markets-after-dropping-ball-on.md) | +3.2% | -1.3% |

## Sources

- proag.com: https://www.proag.com/news/trade-tensions-oversupply-and-sres-drive-biofuel-plant-shutdowns/

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