# Iowa Ethanol Gross Production Margins Update: February 2019 - Decision Innovation Solutions

> Decision Innovation Solutions published its Iowa ethanol gross production margin update for February 2019, using USDA-AMS weekly cash prices for Iowa corn, ethanol and DDGS. The report compares February margins across 2017 to 2019 and assumes standard dry-mill yields. It notes that the ethanol crush spread depends on the relationship between corn, ethanol and DDGS values.

- Date: 2019-05-01 · published 2019-05-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59105-iowa-ethanol-gross-production-margins-update-february-2019-decision-innovation
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Ethanol plant margins determine how hard plants run and how much corn and DDGS they buy, so shifts in the crush spread feed into corn demand and DDGS supply. Buyers can read the margin level as a signal of processing demand.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- DDGS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-07-26 | [U.S. Egg Production and Exports: Recent Historical Data and Outlook - Decision Innovation Solutions](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69967-u-s-egg-production-and-exports-recent-historical-data-and-outlook-decision.md) | -1.0% | -5.5% |
| CORN | 2026-08-19 | [High heat restricts ethanol production, margins solid - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17902-high-heat-restricts-ethanol-production-margins-solid-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +3.8% | +6.0% |
| CORN | 2023-08-16 | [Ethanol production rises thanks to high crush margins  : The Daily Digest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34550-ethanol-production-rises-thanks-to-high-crush-margins-the-daily-digest.md) | +0.1% | -0.8% |
| CORN | 2025-03-18 | [China's pig production expected to grow marginally in 2025](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25575-china-s-pig-production-expected-to-grow-marginally-in-2025.md) | -1.9% | +2.0% |
| CORN | 2024-06-12 | [EIA: Ethanol production down 5%, stocks up 1%, exports up 2% \| Ethanol Producer Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29745-eia-ethanol-production-down-5-stocks-up-1-exports-up-2-ethanol-producer-magazine.md) | -0.1% | -7.3% |

## Sources

- decision-innovation.com: https://www.decision-innovation.com/news/iowa-ethanol-gross-production-margins-update-february-2019/

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