# Falling Corn Prices, Rising Ethanol Prices Boost Bottom Line

> DTN's hypothetical 50-million-gallon South Dakota ethanol plant showed a 28.3-cent-per-gallon loss in its latest update, improved from 31.9 cents in February. Corn fell to $3.53 from $3.78 and the DDGS price dropped to $130 per ton from $141, while the ethanol rack price rose to $1.41 per gallon.

- Date: 2019-05-01 · published 2019-05-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59107-falling-corn-prices-rising-ethanol-prices-boost-bottom-line
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Lower corn costs and firmer ethanol prices narrow processing losses, which can support ethanol plant demand for corn. The lower DDGS price, however, weighs on co-product values for feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- DDGS: bearish ▼

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/business-inputs/article/2019/05/01/falling-corn-prices-rising-ethanol-3

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