Anyone else worried about E85 prices and the drought?

[static74]

Corn futures are sky rocketing, cant imagine what this is going to do to e85 for this fall and next season.

 

[safado]

I was just thinking of this the other day after hearing that the news

 

[spyder1337]

Probably taking a ride down ****ed'ville...

 

[big reg]

Jumped 40 cents in 10 -12 days by me.

 

[stkjock]

from what I understand the corn used for Ethanol is not the same corn that is commonly quoted in the media, second, since the subsidy ended in 2012 so did the import tariffs, so imported Ethanol (made from other than corn) can help keep prices in line.

Jumped 40 cents in 10 -12 days by me.

how does that compare to gasoline prices?

I know down state the prices both moved up about $.40-.50 cents in the last three weeks.

 

[walked_u_hard]

93 oct has jumped 25-30 cents in the last 3 days in my area.

 

[65fastback2+2]

e85 is processed mostly from feed corn, after is is processed and the alcohol removed, the corn is then returned and used as feed corn.

realistically, it shouldnt change prices a whole ton....but of course, like any fuel, they use whatever excuse to jack the price up.

 

[seank]

When whole fields are dying it doesn't matter if it is feed corn or any other type. I don't see how prices will not skyrocket if relief isn't seen in the next 3 months.

 

[Blk04L]

In boca raton, filled up 93 oct for 3.87 @ Mobil. The nearest E8 gas station was 3.39 pr gallon.

 

[redfire03 svt]

I cant find E85 anywhere in Atlanta, pumps major ASS!

 

[CshiznitzJ]

Valero e85 went up 25 cents this week here to 3.25....

 

[oldmodman]

Even dried out, bug eaten ears of corn are grist for the ethanol mills.

Crap corn works just fine as fuel base. Even field sweepings are OK.

 

[65fastback2+2]

When whole fields are dying it doesn't matter if it is feed corn or any other type. I don't see how prices will not skyrocket if relief isn't seen in the next 3 months.

the point was

if feed corn is $10 a bushel or $1000 a bushel....in the end, no matter if e85 gets made from it first or not, the end user still pays the price for the corn.

thus, actual corn price should not change e85 price.

Now, availability could affect it some. But it shouldnt fluctuate drastically like most forum people have been predicting.

 

[Bud]

I'm more worried about e50 coming this winter and what it will do to the actual E% in the tanks the following spring

 

[seank]

Well it's pretty obvious that the drought is already affecting prices. It is just going to get worse when fields are yielding significantly smaller volumes of corn or no corn at all from a lack of rain across more than half of the country. The price per bushel doesn't matter when there is a lack of bushels to use.

 

[SID297]

I saw a lot burned up corn fields in SC yesterday.

 

[stkjock]

burned up as is torched? or as is baked by the sun and lack of water?

 

[c6zhombre]

filled up yesterday, 2.99 down here. was 2.79 last fill up about 4 weeks ago. tested out e88. :rockon:

 

[SID297]

burned up as is torched? or as is baked by the sun and lack of water?

Dead due to lack of rain. Irrigated fields look fine.

 

[TrueBlueGT]

Corn needs a favorable temperature during tassel to actually make "corn". We did not have that here this year. It doesn't matter if corn is standing in an inch of water from the pivot running at max capacity 24/7, when its 108° while its tassling you ain't making corn.
The ethanol plants local to me have shut the doors. The price of inputs is too high for them to make a profit.