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USDA Changes Corn Wording After Ethanol Makers Complain

April 14, 2011

The U.S. government introduced new wording on corn use on April 8 following complaints from ethanol makers that they were not getting credit for the corn byproducts that are fed to livestock. Instead of saying “corn for ethanol” in its monthly report, the U.S. Agriculture Department now spells out the corn is going to produce

Opinion

Don’t Overlook Feed Value Of DDGs

By Gavin Maguire April 7, 2011

Ethanol producers often get much of the blame for driving the price of corn to its current multi-year high levels due to that industry’s strong usage of corn to make fuel. But critics overlook the growing production and distribution of Dried Distillers Grains (DDGs), a byproduct of ethanol output used in animal feeds as an

News

DDGS Market Still Solid, But Demand Easing

By Brent Harder March 17, 2011

Prices for dried distillers grains with soluble (DDGS) have been holding steady and in most cases trending higher, but high prices are pushing down demand for the ethanol byproduct. Lower cattle numbers in the country have meant less DDGS being used, especially in Alberta, said Ryan Slozka, senior commodity trader with Rycom Trading Ltd. in

News

China’s Top Feed Firm Wants Access To DDGS

March 10, 2011

China’s largest animal feed producer, New Hope Group, called on the government to stop its antidumping investigation against exports of U.S. DDGS, a byproduct of corn-based ethanol used to substitute corn by feed mills. “The investigation has not consulted the feed industry and only represents the interests of some ethanol producers,” Liu Yonghao, chairman of

News

China Expected To Import More Corn

February 10, 2011

Following its first large purchase of U.S. corn in more than four years in 2010, China may need to import as much as nine million tonnes of corn this year, an official with the U.S. Grains Council said on Feb. 3. “Estimates given to us were that China is short 10 million to 15 million

News

In Brief… – for Jan. 6, 2011

By Reuters January 6, 2011

Road language:Manitoba will be one of the first provinces to begin using standardized terms to describe winter driving conditions, Infrastructure and Transportation Minister Steve Ashton has announced. New standardized definitions and colour schemes are now being used on the province’s road information website along with other improvements. The new colour schemes on maps were chosen

Cereals, Crops, News

Ethanol Plants Accepting More Wheat

By Brent Harder November 25, 2010

Western Canadian wheat producers have seen an increase in demand from ethanol plants, thanks to more feed wheat in the commercial system. Jake Davidson, executive manager of Winter Cereals Canada in Minnedosa, said ethanol plants have been much more willing to take wheat this year. “I’m seeing an increase in usage in Manitoba,” Davidson said.

Cereals, Livestock

Better Feed Barley Bids Likely Post-Harvest – for Sep. 9, 2010

By Phil Franz-Warkentin September 9, 2010

Feed barley bids in Western Canada should come under pressure during the harvest period, but are expected to show some strength further out as domestic buyers will need to compete with the higher-priced export market. “The feedlots don’t need a lot of grain today,” said Jim Beusekom of Marketplace Commodities at Lethbridge, adding that “the

Cereals, Livestock

Better Feed Barley Bids Likely Post-Harvest – for Aug. 30, 2010

By Phil Franz-Warkentin August 30, 2010

Feed barley bids in Western Canada should come under pressure during the harvest period, but are expected to show some strength further out as domestic buyers will need to compete with the higher-priced export market. “The feedlots don’t need a lot of grain today,” said Jim Beusekom of Marketplace Commodities at Lethbridge, adding that “the

Grain Markets

Distillers Grains Making Inroads In Feed Market

By Michael Hirtzer May 20, 2010

– Daniel O’Brien “The question is, how much distillers grain is being used? The answer is, Every bit of it.” U. S. livestock and poultry producers will boost use of distillers grains during the next five years and decrease the amount of corn they feed their animals, an agriculture economist said May 12 at a

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle steady ahead of feed report

Feed Grain Weekly: Barley still the king of Canadian feed grains

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans chop up and down as traders assess China demand

Tag Archives Distillers grains

USDA Changes Corn Wording After Ethanol Makers Complain

Don’t Overlook Feed Value Of DDGs

DDGS Market Still Solid, But Demand Easing

China’s Top Feed Firm Wants Access To DDGS

China Expected To Import More Corn

In Brief… – for Jan. 6, 2011

Ethanol Plants Accepting More Wheat

Better Feed Barley Bids Likely Post-Harvest – for Sep. 9, 2010

Better Feed Barley Bids Likely Post-Harvest – for Aug. 30, 2010

Distillers Grains Making Inroads In Feed Market

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