An Indian Express opinion piece argues that India's push to E100 ethanol blending could divert first-generation food crops away from food supply. It notes ethanol supplies to oil marketing companies rose to 10 billion litres in 2025-26 and that E20 targets were reached in 2025.
Expanded Indian ethanol demand for grain feedstock could tighten maize and rice supplies, while the resulting DDGS output would partly offset feed grain demand.
After 318 past bullish policy events, Corn moved a median -0.1% over 5 sessions (48% higher; middle half -1.4% to +1.5%), and -0.2% over 20.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.