# European ethanol producers suffer from seriously negative crush margins  : The Daily Digest

> Platts reports that T2 ethanol margins in the Netherlands fell to negative $48 per metric ton, the lowest in three years. European wheat prices rose to $208/mt on dry weather that raises concern about the coming harvest. Corn-based ethanol margins were around negative $21 per ton.

- Date: 2018-05-22 · published 2018-05-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Europe · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65030-european-ethanol-producers-suffer-from-seriously-negative-crush-margins-the
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Dry weather threatening the European wheat harvest supports wheat prices and feed-grain alternatives. Negative crush margins may reduce European ethanol output and co-product supply.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2018-08-09 | [European drought pushing biofuel feedstock prices higher  : The Daily Digest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63536-european-drought-pushing-biofuel-feedstock-prices-higher-the-daily-digest.md) | -3.4% | +2.6% |
| WHEAT | 2024-10-15 | [Prices of crops, oil bounce back from late summer lows \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27969-prices-of-crops-oil-bounce-back-from-late-summer-lows-the-western-producer.md) | -1.3% | -1.3% |
| WHEAT | 2021-07-23 | [Crop markets wake up to evolving drought disaster \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46115-crop-markets-wake-up-to-evolving-drought-disaster-the-western-producer.md) | -0.4% | +1.0% |
| WHEAT | 2024-04-10 | [Heavy rains impact European crop conditions: Grain market daily \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30698-heavy-rains-impact-european-crop-conditions-grain-market-daily-ahdb.md) | -0.4% | -0.3% |
| WHEAT | 2021-09-02 | [Exports to drop as crop shrinks \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45047-exports-to-drop-as-crop-shrinks-the-western-producer.md) | +1.3% | +1.1% |

## Sources

- biofuelsdigest.com: https://biofuelsdigest.com/european-ethanol-producers-suffer-from-seriously-negative-crush-margins/

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