US Ethanol Industry Opens 2017 with Record-Setting Production
Source: By Gary Truitt, Hoosier Ag Today • Posted: Tuesday, January 17, 2017
The U.S. ethanol repeatedly broke records for ethanol production in 2016. Prior to Dec. 30, the record was set the week ending Dec. 9, when production averaged 1.04 million barrels per day.
The U.S. ethanol industry has surpassed the 1 million barrel per day mark only 25 times, all since November 2015. Prior to November 2015, the ethanol production record sat at 994,000 barrels per day, which was set the week of June 19, 2015.