Ethanol Snaps Losing Streak on Expectation for Production Cuts

Bloomberg
By Mario Parker - Mar 23, 2012 4:08 PM CT

Ethanol snapped its longest streak of losses since December on speculation that producers will temper output for spring maintenance.

Output last week at 893,000 barrels was near the lowest level since October, an Energy Department said March 21. Production (DOETFETH) last year from the period between March 18 and April 15 tumbled 6.2 percent.

“There’s the concern that spring maintenance will bring down production a little bit more,” said Jerrod Kitt, an analyst at Linn Group in Chicago. “People actually data-mine that type of stuff. On the other side you have this gigantic, burdensome inventory that prevents the market from rallying.”

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