Source: Scott Irwin, FARM DOC DAILY, UNIV. OF ILLINOIS, 2/1/17


The ethanol industry appeared to have a good year in 2016. The drop in crude oil prices continued to stimulate driving and gasoline demand, the EPA maintained a policy of pushing the conventional ethanol mandate upwards, and ethanol exports boomed. An interesting question is just how much these favorable factors increased the bottom-line of the industry. The purpose of this article is to examine this question by comparing estimates of ethanol production profitability for 2016 and to those earned over 2007-2015

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