U.S. fuel ethanol production fell by 14% the week ending Jan. 30, falling to the lowest level reported since April 2024, according to data released by the U.S. EIA on Feb. 4. Stocks of fuel ethanol were down 1% and exports were up 38%.
Archer Daniels Midland Co. on Feb. 3 released fourth quarter financial results, reporting that the company’s ethanol subsegment achieved a 187% increase in operating profit when compared to the same period of 2024 on strong ethanol margins.
Valero Energy Corp. on Jan. 29 released fourth quarter 2025 financial results, reporting a profitable three-month period for its ethanol segment and Diamond Green Diesel joint venture, which produces renewable diesel and SAF.
According to data released on Jan. 29 by the Census Bureau, 2025 U.S. ethanol exports through November totaled 1.96 billion gallons, already surpassing annual shipments of 1.94 billion gallons in 2024.
U.S. fuel ethanol production fell slightly the week ending Jan. 23, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Jan. 28. Weekly ending stocks of fuel ethanol fell by 1% and exports were down 28%.
Fuel ethanol production fell 6% the week ending Jan. 16, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Jan. 22. Weekly ending stocks of fuel ethanol were up 5% and exports expanded by 83%.
Vitol Inc. on Jan. 16 announced it has acquired full ownership of Mid America Agri Products / Wheatland LLC (MAAPW) and its parent company Mid America Bio Energy & Commodities LLC (MABE). MAPPW operates a 50 MMgy ethanol plant in Madrid, Nebraska.
The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) in late 2025 approved R$384.3 million ($71.56 million) to support the development of a carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) project at a corn ethanol plant owned by FS Indústria de Biocombustíveis Ltda.
The Andersons Inc. has announced it will invest $60 million to expand ethanol production capacity at its Clymers ethanol plant in Indiana by 30 MMgy. The project, which will boost total plant capacity to 170 MMgy, is expected to be complete in 2027.
Whitefox Technologies on Jan. 15 announced the successful installation of its Whitefox ICE Plus membrane dehydration system at Redfield Energy LLC, marking the first ICE Plus installation in the United States.
Fluid Quip Technologies has announced the commercial deployment of its patented Low Energy Distillation system at United Ethanol in Milton, Wisconsin. The next-generation distillation platform can help lower operating costs and improve IC scores.
U.S. fuel ethanol production expanded by 9%, reaching a record high 1.196 million barrels per day the week ending Jan. 9, according to data released by the U.S, EIA on Jan. 14. Stocks of fuel ethanol expanded by more than 3% and exports were up 5%.
The U.S. EIA currently expects U.S. ethanol production volumes to expand in 2027, according to the agency’s latest Short-Term Energy Outlook. The agency, however, revised down its forecast for 2026 ethanol production.
Iowa’s ethanol plants produced 4.6 billion gallons of ethanol in 2025, matching its output level from the past two years, according to the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association. Total U.S. ethanol production, however, continued to grow.
LanzaTech Global Inc. has announced successful operational results at the municipal solid waste (MSW) to ethanol pilot plant in Kuji City, Iwate, Japan owned and operated by longstanding partner, SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO. LTD.
Eleven Nebraska ethanol producers are in various stages of connection to a CO2 capture pipeline that has reshaped the American ethanol industry.
U.S. ethanol production fell by 2% the week ending Jan. 2, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Jan. 7. Stocks of fuel ethanol were up 3% while exports fell by nearly 24%.
POET on Jan. 7 announced it will expand POET Bioprocessing – Shelbyville, doubling the facility’s bioethanol production capacity from 98 MMgy to 193 MMgy. Construction is expected to begin in March and be completed in Q4 2027.
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UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has released data showing sugarcane processing was down during the second half of November. Ethanol sales for the full month were also down when compared to November 2024.
U.S. fuel ethanol production expanded by 2% the week ending Dec. 26, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Dec. 31. Stocks of ethanol were also up 2% while exports declined 32%.
U.S. fuel ethanol production fell by 3% the week ending Dec. 19, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Dec. 29. Stocks of fuel ethanol expanded by 1% and exports were up 15%.
Fluid Quip Technologies on Dec. 17 announced that E Energy Adams in Adams, Nebraska, will implement FQT’s DCO Technology and Overdrive systems to increase corn oil recovery and improve process efficiencies
The Renewable Fuels Association on Dec. 19 congratulated member company Highwater Ethanol of Lamberton, Minnesota, for producing its billionth gallon of ethanol. The facility began operations in 2009 and has a capacity of 70 MMgy.
U.S. fuel ethanol production expanded by more than 2% the week ending Dec. 12, reaching a record 1.131 million barrels per day, according to data released by the U.S. EIA on Dec. 17. Stocks of fuel ethanol fell by 1% and exports expanded by 53%.
The Brazilian Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) on Oct. 28 announced it has approved R$300 million ($55.47 million) in financing to support the expansion of corn ethanol production at Neomille SA’s facility in Chapadão do Céu, Brazil.
U.S. fuel ethanol production was down 2% the week ending Dec. 5, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Dec. 10. Weekly ending stocks of fuel ethanol were essentially unchanged while exports were down 26%.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration increased its forecast for 2026 fuel ethanol production in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, released Dec. 9. The agency’s outlook for 2026 ethanol exports was also revised up.
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has released data showing that both sugarcane processing and ethanol production were up during the first half of November. Ethanol sales were down during the two-week period.
Green Plains Inc. on Dec. 8 announced that biogenic carbon dioxide from all three of its Nebraska facilities, Central City, Wood River, and York, is now being captured, transported on the Trailblazer pipeline and permanently sequestered in Wyoming.
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