2. Ethanol Production Jumps to Highest in a Month as Inventories Rise Ethanol output rose to the highest level in almost a month and inventories rebounded in the seven days that ended on April 30, according to the Energy Information Administration. Production of the biofuel increased to an average of 952,000 barrels a day, up from 945,000 barrels a week earlier, the EIA said in a report. That’s the highest level since the week that ended on April 2. In the Midwest, by far the biggest producing region, output rose to 904,000 barrels a day, on average, from 897,000 barrels the previous we...