# Ethanol Is Making The Food You Eat Costlier: Here's How

> Indian ethanol distilleries offered a larger share of maize-based ethanol for the 2026-27 supply year, reaching 59% of volume offered versus about 45% in the prior year's first allocation round, according to a November 9 Economic Times report. These are bids rather than final purchases. The article says maize is about 60% of typical poultry feed and that the rising ethanol demand competes with feed manufacturers for the grain.

- Date: 2026-11-12 · published 2026-11-12T12:10:33.246Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/95409-ethanol-is-making-the-food-you-eat-costlier-here-s-how
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Ethanol](https://feedsoft.ai/c/ETHANOL.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Stronger maize demand from ethanol plants tightens feed grain supplies for poultry and livestock, which can lift corn-based feed costs and pressure broiler and egg margins. The impact depends on whether supply is ample enough to serve both uses.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- DDGS: neutral
- ETHANOL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-09-04 | [Ethanol push turns India into corn importer, shaking up global market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28323-ethanol-push-turns-india-into-corn-importer-shaking-up-global-market.md) | -1.4% | +4.9% |
| CORN | 2019-11-06 | [Indiana grower touts ethanol at EPA hearing - Morning Ag Clips](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55930-indiana-grower-touts-ethanol-at-epa-hearing-morning-ag-clips.md) | -0.7% | -0.9% |
| CORN | 2025-06-26 | [India’s oilseed output may fall as farmers shift to maize for ethanol - The Economic Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24316-india-s-oilseed-output-may-fall-as-farmers-shift-to-maize-for-ethanol-the.md) | +4.6% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2024-06-05 | [Brazil could triple corn ethanol output, margins to stay healthy: Inpasa](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29741-brazil-could-triple-corn-ethanol-output-margins-to-stay-healthy-inpasa.md) | +5.7% | -3.0% |
| CORN | 2025-04-30 | [Ethanol stocks fall as exports increase  : The Daily Digest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25107-ethanol-stocks-fall-as-exports-increase-the-daily-digest.md) | -1.7% | +0.6% |

## Sources

- cartoq.com: https://www.cartoq.com/car-life/ethanol-fuel-competing-food-production-maize/

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