Aristotle developed the idea that a vacuum couldn’t exist in nature because the denser matter around it would immediately fill the space. The first few months of 2016 have shown that the US DDGS export market also abhors a vacuum.
In late 2015, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced it would begin an investigation at the request of local ethanol producers into allegations that US producers were dumping cheap dried distillers grains onto the Chinese market.
What happens next will provide some insight into the future of the DDGS market and where the opportunities for expansion lay.
