RFA analyzes ethanol coproduct production
October 6, 2008
According to an analysis conducted by the Renewable Fuels Association, U.S. ethanol producers made 23 million metric tons of livestock and poultry feed as a coproduct of the ethanol production process last year. In the results released in late September, the RFA also pointed out that approximately 1 billion bushels of corn were displaced by ethanol feed coproducts in 2007-'08, an amount equivalent to roughly 15 percent of total corn use for feed. One-third of every bushel of grain brought into an ethanol plant is turned into animal feed, most often in the form of distillers grains (the most common ethanol feed coproduct), corn gluten feed and corn gluten meal.
The RFA also analyzed distillers grains exports, determining that exports will increase to more than 4 million metric tons in 2008, or the equivalent of approximately 160 million bushels of corn.
"The livestock feed coproducts of ethanol production are the best kept secret of this industry," said RFA President Bob Dinneen. "The focus of the public has been on the industry's production of fuel ethanol as a renewable alternative to imported oil, but the production of a high-quality livestock feed is equally important. Our industry is truly in the business of producing both feed and fuel."
The RFA's full eight-page analysis, titled "Feeding the Future," can be found at www.ethanolrfa.org/resource/reports/#EconomicImpacts.
The RFA also analyzed distillers grains exports, determining that exports will increase to more than 4 million metric tons in 2008, or the equivalent of approximately 160 million bushels of corn.
"The livestock feed coproducts of ethanol production are the best kept secret of this industry," said RFA President Bob Dinneen. "The focus of the public has been on the industry's production of fuel ethanol as a renewable alternative to imported oil, but the production of a high-quality livestock feed is equally important. Our industry is truly in the business of producing both feed and fuel."
The RFA's full eight-page analysis, titled "Feeding the Future," can be found at www.ethanolrfa.org/resource/reports/#EconomicImpacts.
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