The challenge of expanding the U.S. market for ethanol is putting a spotlight on exports of the corn-based biofuel.

Ethanol is an alcohol derived primarily from corn in the United States. Ethanol is blended with gasoline at a ratio averaging 10% ethanol and 90% petroleum-based gasoline. Ethanol production has ...

Corn futures posted 2 to 3 ½ cent gains across most contracts on Wednesday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Growth of Brazil's corn ethanol sector has become key to meeting the country's growing demand for the renewable fuel under a new government mandate to use more ethanol in gasoline ...

Corn price action is up 1 to 2 cents early on Thursday. Futures posted 2 to 3 ½ cent gains across most contracts on Wednesday. Open interest was down 14,323 contracts, mainly in the March, dropping 34 ...

Corn-for-ethanol use totaled 441.5 million bu. during February, 1 million bu. more than traders expected. Corn ethanol use increased 459,000 bu. (0.1%) from the upwardly revised figure for January and ...

WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled Congress and Trump administration have yet to authorize year-round higher ethanol ...

Red Trail Energy at Richardton, North Dakota, produces about 65 million gallons of ethanol from about 23 million bushels of corn each year. (Photo courtesy of Red Trail Energy) Red Trail Energy, the ...

For decades, corn has reigned over American agriculture. It sprawls across 90 million acres — about the size of Montana — and goes into everything from livestock feed and processed foods to the ...

Corn is a problem. Or rather, America's growing reliance on government corn subsidies to power our everyday lives. Beef is artificially inexpensive because farmers feed corn to cows, even though their ...

Ethanol production has plateaued over the past 15 years, but still comprises a large share of U.S. corn use Corn and ethanol futures markets are correlated, but prices can move independently due to ...