Iowa Ethanol production held steady last year at 4.6 billion gallons. While corn yields increased, ethanol demand in the U.S. was stagnant. That resulted in lower farm income. Executive Director Monte Shaw with the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association says the near term solution is to secure nationwide year-round E15. Other solutions include devleoping more lowcarbon export markets, and eveloping sustainable aviation fuel using ethanol. Iowa ethanol production was also .4.6 billion gallons in 2023. Last year, U.S. ethanol production was over 16 billion gallons. Iowa’s production was almost 30% of that amount.
