In Washington, Brownfield Ag News reports USDA data shows that corn consumption for ethanol production fell in February 399.844 million bushels, 9% lower on the month and 2% lower on the year. Poor crushing margins met lower demand due to fears of higher fuel prices, weighing on corn demand for crushing. The soybean crush also […]
In Brazil, Reuters reports data from corn-based ethanol association Unem shows the country will produce 6 billion liters of ethanol from corn in the 2023/24 season kicking off on April 1, an increase of more than 36% from last season. As such, corn-based ethanol could account for 19% of the season’s total production which is […]
In Minnesota, researchers, led by the University of Minnesota, US, have developed what they say is a new catalyst technology that can convert renewable feedstock, such as corn, into acrylic acid and acrylates, which can be used the traditional applications including paints, coatings and superabsorbent polymers used in disposable nappies. Publishing their research in the […]
In Washington, the lead economist for the National Corn Growers Association says that projected corn ethanol use for the 2022/23 marketing year declined by 25 million bushels from last month, according to this week’s UDSA World Agriculture Supply & Demand Estimates report. As the only change on the supply or demand side of the corn […]
In Wisconsin, when you drive past mile after mile of Wisconsin corn fields, you may not realize that a quarter of all that corn—about a million acres—is used to produce ethanol. But a new analysis from Clean Wisconsin reveals that when it comes to land use, the state could reap far more energy from solar. […]
In North Carolina, Beroe says global corn production has risen by approximately 11 percent over five years as a response to the rise in corn demand by roughly 14 percent during the same period. The end-user industries, including corn starch and animal feed, are the main forces behind supply and demand, impacting price trends. The key […]
In South Korea, Hyosung TNC has succeeded in extracting spandex from corn and commercializing the world’s first bio-based spandex. Hyosung TNC announced last month that it successfully developed bio-derived spandex, ‘creora bio-based’, using a natural material extracted from corn instead of coal, and obtained a global eco-friendly certification. The ‘creora bio-based’ spandex uses a corn-derived […]
In South Dakota, AgWeb reports that dozens of farmers, including those who grow corn for ethanol production, are opposing the use of imminent domain for Summit Carbon Solution’s proposed carbon pipeline project that would transport CO2 emissions from ethanol plants across the Midwest into a single CCS project. They say that eminent domain should only […]
In Brazil, Reuters reports that as corn-based ethanol production increases, so does its DDGS supply, so the first cargo of 55,000 metric tons has set sail for Vietnam. Corn ethanol production is expected to rise 31% season over last season at 4.5 billion liters, accounting for about 15% of the country’s overall total production that […]
In Illinois, Brownfield Ag News reports USDA data shows corn use for ethanol rose less than 1% in November compared to October at 468.655 million bushels but it was 9% higher than November 2020. DDGS production rose 2% over October at 1,997,444 tons, 11% higher than the year prior. The soybean crush was a different […]
