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E15 Announcement a Boost for Corn Farmers, Hopefully Ag Equipment Sales

October 9, 2018 | Posted in Biofuels, Commodities

According to numerous reports, President Donald Trump is expected to announce the use of gasoline with 15% ethanol (E15) year-round.

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Despite Growing Frustration with EPA, Ethanol Production, Exports Continue to Expand

September 28, 2018 | Posted in Biofuels, Data & Trends

Ethanol usage, which helped fuel the ag equipment sales boom from 2005-2013, has flattened out, but exports continue to prop up its overall production. Nonetheless, the fight to maintain and grow its place in the fuels market has been frustrating.

Is a Rapid Run Up in Corn Prices in the Cards?

May 1, 2018 | Posted in Biofuels, Commodities, Mergers & Acquisitions

At least one prognosticator is suggesting that “due to an unusual confluence of factors” the price of corn could double to $8 per bushel in the next few years. In the April 9, 2018, issue of Barron’s, Simon Constable says these factors include “declining output, an ethanol-led demand surge in China and likely brutal weather.” (Corn Prices as High as an Elephant’s Eye?)

Ethanol Exports Stay Strong as Brazil Demand Grows

March 1, 2018 | Posted in Biofuels, Commodities, Mergers & Acquisitions

In its March Feed Outlook report, the Economic Research Service of USDA is reporting continued strong demand from Brazil for U.S.-produced ethanol despite trade barriers enacted last year.

Solid Margins Continue to Drive Ethanol Production

March 1, 2018 | Posted in Biofuels, Commodities, Mergers & Acquisitions

According to a March 6 report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), estimated ethanol production margins at U.S. corn ethanol plants averaged 22 cents per gallon in 2017.

Ethanol Imports, Exports Up in 2015

March 1, 2016 | Posted in Biofuels

The growth in corn ethanol use helped fuel the farm equipment boom between 2008-14. Exports of the fuel additive have contributed to its increasing use during this period as the U.S. exported the fuel to 35 different countries in 2015.

Production Efficiencies Stabilize Corn Demand for Ethanol

May 1, 2015 | Posted in Biofuels, Commodities, Data & Trends

Farm equipment manufacturers and dealers who reaped the benefits of the explosive growth of corn ethanol in the past decade with skyrocketing equipment sales, probably shouldn’t count on anything near that level of growth in the decade ahead.

Ethanol Profit Prospects Diminish with Falling Gas Prices

December 1, 2014 | Posted in Biofuels

“The ethanol production industry has been on an unusually long ‘winning streak’ in recent years,” University of Illinois ag economist Scott Irwin wrote in an Oct. 23 report.

Biofuel Feedstock Harvest Equipment Coming of Age

November 1, 2014 | Posted in Biofuels

The prospect of commercial production of cellulosic ethanol from corn stover — which is now a reality with the opening of the POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels plant in Emmetsburg, Iowa — has spurred ag engineers to develop new equipment to improve efficiency of the harvesting process and quality of the material delivered to processing plants.

Fierce Winter, Oil Boom Creating Havoc for Farmers, Dealers, Ethanol

March 1, 2014 | Posted in Biofuels

If it isn’t a shortage of rail cars to haul grain, it’s this year’s weather itself that has given much of North American agriculture and the railroad industry an ongoing headache just getting product where it needs to be.

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Ethanol Exports Stay Strong as Brazil Demand Grows

Solid Margins Continue to Drive Ethanol Production

Ethanol Imports, Exports Up in 2015

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