Feb 04 2010
China A Large Importer of Distillers Grains
The distiller’s grain byproduct of ethanol production accounting for up to 25 percent of a typical ethanol plant’s revenues has always been the safety valve for the volatile biofuels industry. This was never more so than in 2009 when ethanol producers spent the first half of the year bathing in red ink. China in particular was a big buyer of DDGs from the U.S., increasing their tonnage from 8,000 in 2008 to more than 400,000 tons of DDGs in 2009 to feed China’s growing cattle population.
