US ethanol production falls to 17-month low: EPA

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Houston—US Ethanol production in July shrank 2.7% to a 17-month low of 1.055 billion gallons, while biodiesel production declined 8.5% to a three-month low of 108.2 million gallons, according to data released August 30 by the Environmental Protection Agency. This was the second consecutive month of losses for monthly ethanol production, indicated in the renewable fuel (D6) category by the EPA. Monthly ethanol production had not been this low since February 2011, when it was at 1.051 billion gallons.