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New Seed Variety Gives Ethanol Industry The Jitters
By Mr Ethanol | May 1, 2007
A new corn hybrid that may have one-half of one percent of the market this year has the ethanol industry worried that it could jeopardize exports of distillers dried grains and solubles (DDGS).
Last week Bob Dinneen, president of the Renewable Fuels Association, wrote officials at Syngenta expressing concern about the possibility of Agrisure RW corn winding up in in the export market when, at this point, only one country outside of the U.S., New Zealand, has approved its use.
“Syngenta is incorrect to assume that all distillers grains produced at dry mills will be used domestically,” Dinneen said in his letter. “The dramatic growth of the industry is quickly changing the customer base for distillers grains. The U.S. ethanol industry produced a record 12 million metric tons of distillers grains in 2006. Export markets are quickly becoming a major component of the distillers grains market. More than 10% of U.S. distillers grains production was exported in 2006…”
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