WASHINGTON — A new USDA report has found that the animal feed produced by U.S. ethanol plants (known as distillers grains or DDGS) is replacing even more corn and soybean meal in livestock and poultry feed rations than previously thought, the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) says.
The report’s findings, the RFA said, have important implications for discussions regarding ethanol’s impact on feed grains availability, feed prices, land use effects and the greenhouse gas (GHG) impacts of producing corn ethanol.
According to the report by USDA’s Economic Research Service, “Findings demonstrate that, in aggregate (including major types of. . .
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