This new crop year is forecast to see 5.450 billion bushels of corn for ethanol. That is -0.4% from last year. At this time, we do not have efficiency data for this new harvest. We'll use -0.4% as our target for ethanol production.
Last week's ethanol production, 1.038 million barrels per day, was +3.4% from last year. The prior four weeks were also positive at +2.5%. We are ahead of USDA's goal.
Weekly gasoline usage in September has also been strong. Last week's usage was +6.3% from last year. Over four weeks they are +4.9%.