# El Niño and ethanol production: how to increase plant resilience to climate volatility

> The article describes how a strengthening El Niño through early 2027 could alter temperatures and rainfall across South America, affecting biofuel feedstock availability and quality, supply logistics, and plant efficiency. It identifies Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay as major regional ethanol producers exposed to those risks.

- Date: 2026-11-10 · published 2026-11-11T00:08:19.224Z
- Category: weather · region South America · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/92387-el-nino-and-ethanol-production-how-to-increase-plant-resilience-to-climate
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Ethanol](https://feedsoft.ai/c/ETHANOL.md)

## Why it matters

Weather disruptions could reduce or destabilize crop supplies used as ethanol feedstocks, raising procurement costs and potentially supporting grain prices; operational and logistics disruptions could also constrain ethanol output.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- ETHANOL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-06-08 | [Agricultural production threatened by combination of El Niño and high input prices - Joint Research Centre](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18726-agricultural-production-threatened-by-combination-of-el-nino-and-high-input.md) | -0.9% | +0.5% |
| CORN | 2023-06-02 | [El Niño already affects climate in corn producing areas - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13643-el-nino-already-affects-climate-in-corn-producing-areas-revista-cultivar.md) | -1.5% | -3.9% |
| CORN | 2022-02-21 | [Warming climate to result in reduced corn production; irrigation blunts effect \| Penn State University](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13387-warming-climate-to-result-in-reduced-corn-production-irrigation-blunts-effect.md) | +2.1% | +15.0% |
| CORN | 2018-07-30 | [IRI – International Research Institute for Climate and Society \| July Climate Briefing: Models Continue to Predict El Niño in Coming Months](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63936-iri-international-research-institute-for-climate-and-society-july-climate.md) | +1.3% | -1.6% |
| CORN | 2023-11-03 | [El Niño: Anticipatory Action and Response Plan, October 2023 - March 2024 - Mitigating the expected impacts of El Niño-induced climate extremes on agriculture and food security - World \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33097-el-nino-anticipatory-action-and-response-plan-october-2023-march-2024.md) | +1.0% | -1.0% |

## Sources

- iff.com: https://www.iff.com/media/stories/el-nino-y-la-produccion-de-etanol-es/

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