# Margins Squeezed for Ethanol Plants | Red River Farm Network

> Higher corn costs have squeezed ethanol plant margins, while ethanol and DDGS prices have not kept pace. Eastern Corn Belt plants are slowing their grind, which has pushed local corn basis higher in Indiana and Ohio.

- Date: 2019-07-01 · published 2019-07-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58102-margins-squeezed-for-ethanol-plants-red-river-farm-network
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Slower grind cuts corn demand in the east and lowers DDGS supply, leaving local corn basis firm while national corn prices face pressure.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- DDGS: bullish ▲

## Sources

- rrfn.com: https://www.rrfn.com/2019/07/01/margins-squeezed-for-ethanol-plants/

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