# Corn-Based Ethanol Plants Diversify to Survive

> Some efficient ethanol plants are staying near capacity by boosting higher-value co-products, producing cellulosic ethanol and cutting costs, while others have shut or cut output. Small refinery exemptions granted by the Trump administration are cited as a major drag on demand, and US ethanol exports fell 19% in the first half of 2019.

- Date: 2019-09-19 · published 2019-09-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/57071-corn-based-ethanol-plants-diversify-to-survive
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Plants running near capacity keep corn grind and DDGS output steadier, but broader shutdowns and SRE-driven demand losses remain bearish for corn and supportive for DDGS prices only where output is cut.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- DDGS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-01-05 | [Mexico bans GMO corn, plans to phase out imports \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49126-mexico-bans-gmo-corn-plans-to-phase-out-imports-feed-strategy.md) | +3.1% | +14.6% |
| CORN | 2023-09-15 | [EU to carry out surveillance on fuel ethanol imports amid steep increases since 2021](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34084-eu-to-carry-out-surveillance-on-fuel-ethanol-imports-amid-steep-increases-since.md) | -7.1% | -4.6% |
| CORN | 2018-04-02 | [How EPA is Destroying Demand for Ethanol and Corn \| Energy.AgWired.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65399-how-epa-is-destroying-demand-for-ethanol-and-corn-energy-agwired-com.md) | +2.3% | +3.1% |
| CORN | 2019-10-03 | [Ethanol plant idling sends ripple effect through rural economies](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56578-ethanol-plant-idling-sends-ripple-effect-through-rural-economies.md) | +2.7% | +0.5% |
| CORN | 2018-10-18 | [A Plan to Rebuild Rural Mexico Could Shake Up U.S. Corn Markets - Progressive.org](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62511-a-plan-to-rebuild-rural-mexico-could-shake-up-u-s-corn-markets-progressive-org.md) | -2.2% | -6.8% |

## Sources

- agriculture.com: https://www.agriculture.com/news/business/corn-based-ethanol-plants-diversify-to-survive

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