Exports of ethanol byproduct up sharply

Des Moines Register
Blog post by Philip Brasher • pbrasher@dmreg.com • February 15, 2010

Exports of a key byproduct of ethanol production, distillers grains, were up 24 percent last year. Some 5.6 million metric tons of the livestock feed worth about $1 billion were shipped out of the country last year, the Renewable Fuels Association said today, citing data from the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service. Those exports represented about 18 percent of the total produced last year.

According to the trade group, the exported distillers grains represent the equivalent in feed of t.4 million metric tons of corn, or 212 million bushels, and 1.6 million metric tons of soybean meal.

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