# Analyst: Worst is Behind Ethanol – Ohio Ag Net | Ohio's Country Journal

> DTN's hypothetical South Dakota ethanol plant still shows a negative margin of 31.9 cents per gallon including debt service, little changed from January. An analyst told the National Ethanol Conference that the worst is behind the industry and cited new export markets in Mexico and Ukraine. DDGS prices helped margins somewhat.

- Date: 2019-02-14 · published 2019-02-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60613-analyst-worst-is-behind-ethanol-ohio-ag-net-ohio-s-country-journal
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Persistent negative crush margins keep ethanol plants curtailing, which reduces corn grind and DDGS output. Recovery in export demand would support corn and DDGS prices later in 2019.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- DDGS: neutral

## Sources

- ocj.com: https://ocj.com/2019/02/analyst-worst-is-behind-ethanol/

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