The US Department of Agriculture on Monday said 435.0 million bushels of corn were used in November in the production of the fuel alcohol known as ethanol, up from 433.9 million bushels in November of 2014 but down from October 2015's total of 441.5 million bushels.

The USDA said 5.615 million cwt of sorghum was used in ethanol production, up from 2.070 million in the same month last year and 4.687 million in October. The USDA said in a monthly report that 1.935 million tons of distillers' dried grains with solubles (DDGs) were produced in November, up from 1.771 million a year ago but down from 1.954 million a month ago.

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