# U.S. Corn Ethanol Producers Aim To Out-Pump Competitors

> U.S. ethanol producers are expanding capacity and running plants at full throttle to take advantage of low corn prices. Output hit records in 2017, and industry capacity is set to grow further, with saturated domestic demand and lost exports tied to trade disputes.

- Date: 2017-09-25 · published 2017-09-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68952-u-s-corn-ethanol-producers-aim-to-out-pump-competitors
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Rising ethanol output uses more corn and produces more DDGS, supporting corn and co-product demand, but oversupply and weaker margins could reduce plant profitability and future corn grind.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- DDGS: bullish ▲

## Sources

- mnbiofuels.org: https://mnbiofuels.org/u-s-corn-ethanol-producers-aim-to-out-pump-competitors

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