# USDA releases 10-year forecasts for ethanol, biodiesel production - Governors' Biofuels Coalition

> The USDA Economic Research Service released 10-year agricultural projections through 2027, including corn and ethanol production. The report expects ethanol output to rise early in the period then decline to 2016 levels by the end, while ethanol still accounts for over 35 percent of U.S. corn use.

- Date: 2018-02-19 · published 2018-02-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66362-usda-releases-10-year-forecasts-for-ethanol-biodiesel-production-governors
- Commodities: [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Sustained ethanol demand for corn supports corn prices and feed-grain availability, though projected ethanol decline and the blend wall cap long-run corn demand growth. The projections assume no shocks and use the proposed, not final, RFS volumes.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- DDGS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-02-22 | [Another Record Year for Meat Production Forecast for 2019](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60541-another-record-year-for-meat-production-forecast-for-2019.md) | -1.3% | +2.0% |
| CORN | 2020-06-11 | [USDA Releases June Crop Production, WASDE Reports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52459-usda-releases-june-crop-production-wasde-reports.md) | +1.0% | +5.3% |
| CORN | 2024-10-14 | [USDA adjusts global grain production forecasts \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27918-usda-adjusts-global-grain-production-forecasts-feed-and-grain.md) | -1.8% | +1.8% |
| CORN | 2024-02-12 | [Another Strong Year for Ethanol Production Profits in 2023 - farmdoc daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31664-another-strong-year-for-ethanol-production-profits-in-2023-farmdoc-daily.md) | -1.8% | +3.5% |
| CORN | 2024-02-08 | [WASDE maintains forecast for corn use in ethanol, corn prices \| Ethanol Producer Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31776-wasde-maintains-forecast-for-corn-use-in-ethanol-corn-prices-ethanol-producer.md) | -1.4% | +1.6% |

## Sources

- ethanolproducer.com: https://ethanolproducer.com/articles/usda-releases-10-year-forecasts-for-ethanol-biodiesel-production-15058
- governorsbiofuelscoalition.org: https://www.governorsbiofuelscoalition.org/usda-releases-10-year-forecasts-for-ethanol-biodiesel-production/

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