The E-Xchange

America Needs More �Fiascos� Like Ethanol

October 28, 2011

In a recent opinion piece, commodity broker Dave Juday attempts to argue that America�s push to use renewable fuels to weaken our dependence on foreign oil is a �fiasco.� As is often the case with the opinions of anti-ethanol critics, the argument lacks context and a complete recital of the facts. If 400,000 jobs and 445 million fewer barrels of imported oil each year are a fiasco, then America could use a few more just like it.

Posted in DDGS, Ethanol, Food, Jobs, Tariff

August Ethanol Exports Dip; DDGS Exports Surge

October 13, 2011

According to government data released today, U.S. ethanol exports went down sharply in the month of August. Exports of denatured and undenatured (non-beverage) ethanol totaled 52.1 million gallons (mg). Meanwhile, distillers grains (DDGS) exports hit their highest level of the year. DDGS exports for the month totaled 829,489 metric tons (mt).

Posted in DDGS, Ethanol, Exports

Fowl Policy: Why Corn Stocks-to-Use Ratio Doesn�t Work as RFS Policy Foundation

October 05, 2011

Reps. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Jim Costa (D-CA) are pushing legislation that would require the EPA to waive a portion of the annual Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) when the corn stocks-to-use ratio falls below 10 percent. But history shows the ratio is, at best, a crude and highly volatile indicator of supply-demand that is not fit to serve as a mechanism for important public policy decision-making.

Posted in Renewable Fuel Standard