# Ethanol Margins Show Signs of Life

> Net losses at DTN's hypothetical 50-million-gallon ethanol plant in southeast South Dakota narrowed to 29.7 cents per gallon in January from 37.9 cents in December. The improvement came from a rise in the price received for dried distillers grains, which reached $160 a ton from $125 in September. Ethanol rack prices were $1.36 per gallon, with corn at $3.78.

- Date: 2019-01-15 · published 2019-01-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61091-ethanol-margins-show-signs-of-life
- Commodities: [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Higher DDGS prices support feed-ingredient costs for livestock buyers, while ethanol margins remain weak enough to keep plant idlings and cutbacks in play.

## Read by commodity

- DDGS: bullish ▲

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/AG/blogs/ethanol-blog/blog-post/2019/01/15/ethanol-margins-show-signs-life

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