# Reduced ethanol production disrupts grain flow - Brownfield Ag News

> A grain trader says reduced ethanol output and closed plants, including Valero's Riga, Michigan facility, are disrupting grain flow and adding corn inventory in Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. POET also cut back at its Caro facility. The Renewable Fuels Association disputes EPA's August 9 approval of more than 31 small refinery exemptions, which it says could shift $10 billion from ag and biofuels to oil.

- Date: 2019-08-23 · published 2019-08-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/57685-reduced-ethanol-production-disrupts-grain-flow-brownfield-ag-news
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Lost ethanol grind removes a major local corn outlet, widening regional basis weakness, while small refinery exemptions reduce biofuel demand for corn.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- DDGS: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-12-15 | [Mexico proposes ban on glyphosate and GE corn - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49604-mexico-proposes-ban-on-glyphosate-and-ge-corn-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -1.7% | +15.6% |
| CORN | 2023-07-20 | [Mexico continues to amend proposed GM corn ban - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35020-mexico-continues-to-amend-proposed-gm-corn-ban-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +9.4% | -7.2% |
| CORN | 2026-06-02 | [Argentina to Gradually Reduce Export Taxes on Ag Products](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13794-argentina-to-gradually-reduce-export-taxes-on-ag-products.md) | -4.9% | -8.5% |
| CORN | 2022-03-22 | [Iowa Ag Secretary focused on GM corn ban during recent trade mission to Mexico - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42276-iowa-ag-secretary-focused-on-gm-corn-ban-during-recent-trade-mission-to-mexico.md) | +2.8% | +8.6% |
| CORN | 2021-01-20 | [Mexican GMO corn phase-out a concern for US farmers - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49125-mexican-gmo-corn-phase-out-a-concern-for-us-farmers-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +3.1% | +2.1% |

## Sources

- brownfieldagnews.com: https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/reduced-ethanol-production-disrupts-grain-flow/

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