Ethanol Now Consumes More Than 50% of U.S. Corn

Financial Times — “U.S. ethanol refiners are consuming more domestic corn than livestock and poultry farmers for the first time, underscoring how a government-supported biofuels industry has contributed to surging grain demand.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated that in the year to August 31 ethanol producers will have consumed 5.05 billion bushels of corn, or more than 40% of last year’s harvest. Animal feed and residual demand accounted for 5 billion bushels.”

MP: As the chart above illustrates, this also “underscores how a government-supported biofuels industry has contributed to surging, record-high corn prices.”