Insights and Stories on Ethanol

Cargill’s net earnings down as trade fight bites

Jan. 3, 2019 at 6:59 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Grains trader Cargill on Thursday reported a 20 per cent drop in its fiscal second-quarter 2019 net earnings, as global trade tensions hit the bottom line along with challenges in the Chinese hog sector and a struggling U.S. dairy business. Three of the company’s four business […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans drop as export sales to China disappoint

Dec. 19, 2018 at 3:22 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. ethanol producers seek reforms as markets plunge, ADM sells

Dec. 18, 2018 at 9:06 am CST

By Jarrett Renshaw Michael Hirtzer

U.S. EPA lifts 2019 biofuels mandate

Nov. 30, 2018 at 5:23 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat follow broad commodities weakness

Nov. 13, 2018 at 7:34 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm on fund-driven buying

Oct. 17, 2018 at 7:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures firmed modestly on Wednesday in largely technical trade along with fund-driven buying and strength in allied soymeal futures, analysts said. Corn futures declined and wheat fell on technical selling. Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) November soybean futures settled up one cent at $8.85-3/4 […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Expanding E15 sales would have limited U.S. market impact, analysts say

Oct. 16, 2018 at 2:35 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The Trump administration’s plan to allow year-round sales of higher-grade corn ethanol would have limited impact on the depressed U.S. ethanol market, with record supplies and prices for the fuel hovering near the lowest in a decade, analysts said. President Donald Trump announced the decision last […]

By Michael Hirtzer

World crop briefs: China seeks cuts to soy in feed

Oct. 11, 2018 at 4:43 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The China Feed Industry Association is proposing soybean meal in hog rations be reduced, to offset rising costs and reduced supplies caused by the U.S.-China trade war. China imported about 87 per cent of its soybean needs last year and one-third of that came from the U.S., […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Trump raises ethanol use in gasoline, appeases farmers ahead of elections

Oct. 9, 2018 at 8:36 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump launched an effort on Tuesday to increase ethanol use in the nation’s gasoline pool, delivering a long-sought political victory to the nation’s Farm Belt and angering oil refiners ahead of November’s congressional elections. Trump announced the lifting of a ban on summer […]

By Humeyra Pamuk Jarrett Renshaw

ADM ramps up ethanol sales in Chicago, irking rivals

Sep. 12, 2018 at 5:18 pm CDT

New York/Chicago | Reuters — Archer Daniels Midland has sold unusually high volumes of ethanol into the Chicago market since late last year as export markets dried up, driving down prices in the U.S. Midwest and angering the company’s rivals, according to traders and regulatory data. The Illinois-based global commodities […]