About 40-percent of the national corn crop is used to make ethanol, and a main use of ethanol is as a gasoline additive. The COVID-19 lockdown is killing that market says New Windsor area farmer Jeff Kirwan. He also tells the Illinois Radio Network that the trade war with China and a Saudi Arabia-Russia oil spat are adding to the real struggle in the ag sector.
Kirwan serves on the Illinois Farm Bureau Board of Directors and is also chairman of the Illinois Nutrient Research & Education Council.