US Ethanol Production and Stocks Fall. Gasoline Use Consumption Up.

Summary: US ethanol production slipped about 1.5%.  Ethanol stocks dropped by 1% but stocks-as-a-percent-of-use are about average.  Blender demand was up about 1.5% thanks, in part, to an increase in gasoline use.  Futures-based ethanol producer margins on Sep 11 were 13.7 cents/gln, down nearly 18 cents from the previous week.  Blender margins were -0.02 cents/gln, down…