# Rising maize diversion for ethanol production may fuel food inflation

> India’s latest oil-marketing-company tender for E20 ethanol received offers with maize accounting for 59%, up 37% year on year in total quantity. Maize prices have doubled from a year earlier, while kharif production is projected to decline 15%, raising concerns about feed costs and poultry prices.

- Date: 2026-11-09 · published 2026-11-09T19:39:42.622Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/90112-rising-maize-diversion-for-ethanol-production-may-fuel-food-inflation
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Ethanol demand is competing with feed users for maize as expected production falls, tightening supply and adding upward pressure to feed and poultry costs.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-12-23 | [Govt may reduce reserve sale price for rice for ethanol production - GreenLeaf](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27019-govt-may-reduce-reserve-sale-price-for-rice-for-ethanol-production-greenleaf.md) | +0.5% | +6.9% |
| CORN | 2022-07-19 | [Emergency Fuel Waiver for E-15 Means for DDGS Production](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40487-emergency-fuel-waiver-for-e-15-means-for-ddgs-production.md) | -9.0% | -1.2% |
| CORN | 2019-03-28 | [New record for U.S. ethanol production and exports in 2018 and an update on Iowa’s ethanol industry](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60116-new-record-for-u-s-ethanol-production-and-exports-in-2018-and-an-update-on-iowa.md) | -2.6% | -4.6% |
| CORN | 2017-06-19 | [US corn ethanol producers to tap into overseas demand - Governors' Biofuels Coalition](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70503-us-corn-ethanol-producers-to-tap-into-overseas-demand-governors-biofuels.md) | -5.4% | -1.7% |
| CORN | 2021-05-21 | [Green-Fuel Push Stirs Food Inflation Fears in Rebound From Virus](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46971-green-fuel-push-stirs-food-inflation-fears-in-rebound-from-virus.md) | +0.0% | -0.6% |

## Sources

- economictimes.indiatimes.com: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/rising-maize-diversion-for-ethanol-production-may-fuel-food-inflation/articleshow/135690794.cms

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