Talking Ethanol Profitability With K-State Agronomist - Southern Farm Network

Talking Ethanol Profitability With K-State Agronomist - Southern Farm Network

Profitability in the ethanol segment is there, thanks to a slight rise in the profit margins in the third quarter through the first half of September. Dan O’Brien, an agricultural economist with Kansas State University Extension, talked about the profitability of the U.S. ethanol sector that uses roughly 35 percent of a corn crop in any given year. “The calculations through the first three weeks of September are looking pretty good. Profits base…