The price of commodities is top of mind for ethanol plants because it determines what growers will put into the ground this spring. Roland Koenig is the commodities manager at Marquis Energy. He says the favorable cash corn prices (more than $6 per bushel) makes it easy for ethanol plants to purchase corn from farmers. He says there was talk of growers planting more soybeans this spring because of favorable November bean prices, but he predicts farmers will rotate crops as normal and there will be enough corn this fall. Supply chain disruption is impacting ethanol plants, but for the most part, Koenig says Marquis Ethanol has been okay. Demand for ethanol byproducts, such as Dried Distillers Grains and corn oil, also looks good.

The price of commodities is top of mind for ethanol plants because it determines what growers will put into the ground this spring. Roland Koenig is the commodities manager at Marquis Energy. He says the favorable cash corn prices (more than $6 per bushel) makes it easy for ethanol plants to purchase corn from farmers. He says there was talk of growers planting more soybeans this spring because of favorable November bean prices, but he predicts farmers will rotate crops as normal and there will be enough corn this fall. Supply chain disruption is impacting ethanol plants, but for the most part, Koenig says Marquis Ethanol has been okay. Demand for ethanol byproducts, such as Dried Distillers Grains and corn oil, also looks good.

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