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Ethanol industry advisor predicts more mergers in 2016

February 27, 2016 By Radio Iowa Contributor

Golden Grain Energy plant.

Golden Grain Energy plant.

A biofuels industry advisor says the ethanol industry is “ripe for consolidation.” Bruce Comer, director of California-based Ocean Park Advisors, says if tight ethanol margins continue, more companies will be evaluating their options.

“If margins stay where they are, more owners, more board members, and more managers are going to take a harder look at whether to continue to own and continue to fight the fight, or to look at other opportunities,” Comer said. “At a minimum, checking the market for what their assets might be worth.”

Comer notes that there are still 94 “stand-alone” ethanol plants that account for more than five billion gallons, or 36 percent of domestic production. “That steady march of consolidation of those 94 independent plants, I think we can expect to see that (continue) for the next several years,” Comer said. “And depending on how this year turns out with margins and inventory and exports and some of those other factors, it could push that number up and we could see a very active year.”

Comer says the pace of ethanol exports will be one of the key factors to watch over the remainder in 2016. Iowa has 43 ethanol plants and leads the nation in production, making about 27-percent of the country’s ethanol in 2015.

 

(Thanks Ken Anderson, Brownfield Ag Network)

 

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