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Ethanol woes spur new feed focus for Green Plains

Biofuel maker to reinvent itself as DDGS-based feed maker

By GFM Network News February 11, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — Green Plains Inc., one of the biggest U.S. ethanol producers, is planning to flip its business model upside down to survive a crash in prices for the corn-based fuel. The company will invest some $400 million in the next two to three years at its 13 plants to make high-protein, corn-based […] Read more

CBOT May 2019 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy up a bit on weather woes, trade hopes

By GFM Network News April 10, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures closed higher on Wednesday on light technical buying as a blizzard bore down on portions of the Plains and Midwest, threatening to delay plantings, analysts said. Wheat futures fell, recording a fifth straight lower close, as traders focused on plentiful world supplies. Chicago Board of Trade […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: DDGS market to adjust with E15 move

By GFM Network News March 14, 2019

MarketsFarm — The prospect of higher-ethanol gasoline blends year-round in the U.S., and a likely increase in production of the renewable fuel, would also result in more distillers dried grains (DDGS) looking for a home in global livestock feed channels. However, that won’t mean an oversupply of the ethanol byproduct, as feed markets will adjust, […] Read more

Drawing of an adult Khapra beetle. (GrainsCanada.gc.ca)

Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Winter Wheat

Beetles halt U.S. DDGs exports to Thailand

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News January 11, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Exports of U.S. distillers’ dried grains to Thailand have stopped due to new fumigation requirements installed after beetles were discovered in a shipment last year, U.S. traders said on Friday. Thai government officials said U.S. shipments required certificates showing they had been “properly fumigated.” Traders said sales had effectively been halted […] Read more

DDGS in storage in Iowa. (Steven Vaughn photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Cereals, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Canada importing more U.S. DDGS

By GFM Network News March 8, 2018

CNS Canada — A better-quality Canadian grain crop in 2017 has opened the door to increased imports of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) from the U.S., as Canadian livestock feeders look for other options. Canada imported about 700,000 tonnes of the ethanol byproduct from the U.S. in 2017, the largest imports since 2011 and […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Reuters

Cargill to exit U.S. cattle feeding business

By GFM Network News April 26, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Cargill said on Wednesday it will exit the business of feeding cattle to direct capital toward other investments, the latest transformation for the global commodity trader. Minnesota-based Cargill struck a deal to sell its last two feed yards to ethanol producer Green Plains for US$36.7 million, after selling other feedyards to […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets

Plentiful feed supplies weigh on feed barley prices

By GFM Network News November 24, 2016

CNS Canada — A steady stream of fusarium-damaged wheat is flooding Alberta feedlots these days, giving ranchers a variety of choices on what they can give to their animals — but also keeping feed barley prices in check. “That has definitely been heavy on the barley,” said Allan Pirness of Marketplace Commodities in Lethbridge. That […] Read more

(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Canola, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Canada’s canola meal sales to China at five-year high

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News November 14, 2016

Winnipeg/Beijing | Reuters –– Canadian canola meal shipments to China have jumped to their highest level in five years, boosting profits of crush plants and firming prices as farmers slog through a difficult harvest. Canada shipped 415,000 tonnes of canola meal to China from January through August, the most since 2011 and following zero shipments […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

China slaps more duties on U.S. DDGS

By Reuters, GFM Network News September 28, 2016

Beijing | Reuters –– China will impose anti-subsidy duties of between 10 and 10.7 per cent on imports of U.S. animal feed ingredient known as distillers’ dried grains (DDGS), the Commerce Ministry said in a preliminary ruling on Wednesday. The move was widely expected after the government announced a similar move on anti-dumping duties last […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

China slaps anti-dumping duties on U.S. DDGS

By Reuters, GFM Network News September 23, 2016

Chicago/Beijing | Reuters — China on Friday slapped anti-dumping duties on a U.S. animal feed ingredient known as distillers’ dried grains (DDGS) amid an intensifying spat between the world’s two largest economies over agricultural trade which totaled over US$20 billion last year. Beijing’s preliminary decision calls for duties of 33.8 per cent, effective immediately, the […] Read more

GFM Network News

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Tag Archives DDGs

Ethanol woes spur new feed focus for Green Plains

U.S. grains: Corn, soy up a bit on weather woes, trade hopes

Feed weekly outlook: DDGS market to adjust with E15 move

Beetles halt U.S. DDGs exports to Thailand

Feed weekly outlook: Canada importing more U.S. DDGS

Cargill to exit U.S. cattle feeding business

Plentiful feed supplies weigh on feed barley prices

Canada’s canola meal sales to China at five-year high

China slaps more duties on U.S. DDGS

China slaps anti-dumping duties on U.S. DDGS

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