August 22, 2024
BY Erin Voegele
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The U.S. Grains Council’s Latin America (LTA) office is leading efforts to promote ethanol blending across Central America and the Caribbean, reinforcing the region’s commitment to sustainable energy and reducing transportation-related emissions.
The USDA maintained its forecast for 2024-’25 corn use in ethanol in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, released Sept. 12. The estimate for 2023-’24 corn use in ethanol was revised up.
The USDA increased its forecast for corn production and yields in its latest monthly Crop Production report, released Sept. 12. The agency currently expects corn production to be down 1% when compared to last year.
Recently, the USGC escorted a group of key ethanol industry stakeholders from Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on a tour of U.S. ethanol facilities to advance biofuel exports to Africa and the Middle East.
U.S. fuel ethanol production was up 4% the week ending Sept. 6, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Sept. 11. Stocks of fuel ethanol were up nearly 2% and exports were up 95%.