
NEW OPPORTUNITY: Lallemand Biofuels & Distilled Spirits has partnered with Braskem to diversify the ethanol coproduct portfolio. PHOTO: BRASKEM
August 4, 2026
BY Katie Schroeder
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The U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council organized a trade mission for 10 poultry and swine nutritionists from Central America (CTA) and the Caribbean to visit key stakeholders in the grain utilization and logistics sectors in Minnesota.
The U.S. exported 206.06 million gallons of ethanol and 1.1 million metric tons of distillers grains in June, according to data released by the USDA on Aug. 4. Exports of both products were up from the previous month and June 2025.
In July, U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council Director of Global Sustainability Carlos F. Suárez traveled to India to join the Council’s South Asia team in promoting U.S. distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) to aquaculture producers.
Lallemand Biofuels & Distilled Spirits and Braskem on July 28 announced an innovative bio-acetone production platform for the corn-ethanol industry that enables producers to generate a new coproduct alongside ethanol.
U.S. fuel ethanol producers consumed 472 million bushels of corn in May 2026, up significantly when compared to both the previous month and May 2025, according to the USDA’s latest Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production report.