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Ethanol production lowest in nearly two years

Brian Hoops
Jan 11, 2023
Jan 11, 2023

Ethanol plant at sunset — With fears that ethanol plants like this one will feel a squeeze from lower emission standards, farm groups have been looking to SAF tax credits to continue the market for crops in renewable fuels.
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Corn closed the week 25 and a quarter cents lower. Private exporters announced sales of 4.4 million bushels of corn to Mexico.

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Brian Hoops is president and senior market analyst of Midwest Market Solutions Inc. The home office is in Springfield, Mo., with branch offices in Thief River Falls, Minn.; Verona, N.D.; Yankton, S.D.; Storm Lake, Iowa; and Springfield, Neb.