# U.S. corn, DDGS compete in Canada for feed grains market share

> The U.S. Grains Council is promoting unit train shipments of U.S. corn and DDGS to feedlots around Lethbridge, Alberta, after an October trade mission. The first unit train of 2017-18 corn was delivered to Lethbridge the week before the mission.

- Date: 2017-10-27 · published 2017-10-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68571-u-s-corn-ddgs-compete-in-canada-for-feed-grains-market-share
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Expanded Canadian feedlot demand for U.S. corn and DDGS, supported by close proximity to northern ethanol plants, could tighten US feed grain balances modestly.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- DDGS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-11-30 | [Mexico Buys Most U.S. Corn in Nearly a Year \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49602-mexico-buys-most-u-s-corn-in-nearly-a-year-feed-and-grain.md) | -1.5% | -1.0% |
| CORN | 2020-02-03 | [US corn DDGS to help fill cottonseed gap in more rations - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54654-us-corn-ddgs-to-help-fill-cottonseed-gap-in-more-rations-grain-central.md) | -0.2% | -3.1% |
| CORN | 2017-10-19 | [U.S. grains: Soy, wheat, corn firm on export demand - AgCanada](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68544-u-s-grains-soy-wheat-corn-firm-on-export-demand-agcanada.md) | +0.4% | -5.5% |
| CORN | 2024-07-15 | [China sets record feed grain imports amid global market shifts \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14734-china-sets-record-feed-grain-imports-amid-global-market-shifts-feed-and-grain.md) | -1.5% | -2.1% |
| CORN | 2023-01-11 | [Feed weekly outlook: Corn imports still weigh on domestic feed market - AgCanada](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37848-feed-weekly-outlook-corn-imports-still-weigh-on-domestic-feed-market-agcanada.md) | +2.6% | +1.9% |

## Sources

- feedstuffs.com: https://www.feedstuffs.com/corn-price-updates/u-s-corn-ddgs-compete-in-canada-for-feed-grain-market-share

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