Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production
ISSN: 2377-3855
Released August 2, 2021, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA).
Highlights
May 2021 contained 31 days.
June 2021 contained 30 days.
Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was 492 million bushels in
June 2021. Total corn consumption was down 2 percent from May 2021 but up
14 percent from June 2020. June 2021 usage included 91.5 percent for alcohol
and 8.5 percent for other purposes. Corn consumed for beverage alcohol
totaled 3.71 million bushels, down 4 percent from May 2021 but up 2 percent
from June 2020. Corn for fuel alcohol, at 440 million bushels, was down
2 percent from May 2021 but up 16 percent from June 2020. Corn consumed in
June 2021 for dry milling fuel production and wet milling fuel production was
91.7 percent and 8.3 percent, respectively.
Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles
(DDGS) was 1.93 million tons during June 2021, down 1 percent from May 2021
but up 16 percent from June 2020. Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65 percent or
more moisture was 1.11 million tons in June 2021, up 3 percent from May 2021
and up 27 percent from June 2020.
Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 287,839 tons during June 2021, down
4 percent from May 2021 and down 2 percent from June 2020. Wet corn gluten
feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 207,751 tons in June 2021, down less than 1 percent
from May 2021 and down 6 percent from June 2020.
Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: June 2021 with Comparisons
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Purpose : June 2020 : May 2021 : June 2021
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: 1,000 bushels
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Consumed for alcohol production :
Beverage alcohol .........................................: 3,649 3,852 3,708
Fuel alcohol .............................................: 379,246 448,864 439,879
Dry mill ...............................................: 338,741 411,559 403,216
Wet mill ...............................................: 40,505 37,305 36,663
Industrial alcohol .......................................: 9,515 7,011 6,244
Consumed for other purposes :
Total wet mill products other than fuel ..................: 39,715 44,492 41,881
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Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed - United States: June 2021 with Comparisons
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Purpose : June 2020 : May 2021 : June 2021
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: 1,000 cwt
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Consumed for alcohol production :
Fuel alcohol .............................................: 1,286 115 354
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Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: June 2021 with Comparisons
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Co-products and products : June 2020 : May 2021 : June 2021
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: tons
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Dry mill :
Condensed distillers solubles (CDS - syrup) ..............: 84,914 95,299 102,483
Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) .....................: 136,613 168,904 171,538
Distillers dried grains (DDG) ............................: 268,201 380,620 370,694
Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) .............: 1,664,131 1,942,762 1,929,769
Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65% or more moisture .........: 875,894 1,084,238 1,114,200
Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) 40% to 64% moisture .: 309,981 344,779 411,900
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Wet mill :
Corn germ meal ...........................................: 65,113 64,607 56,403
Corn gluten feed .........................................: 294,074 299,123 287,839
Corn gluten meal .........................................: 90,257 114,135 112,189
Wet corn gluten feed 40% to 60% moisture .................: 221,935 208,575 207,751
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Dry and wet mill :
Carbon dioxide captured ..................................: 184,413 229,471 227,969
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Statistical Methodology
Survey Procedures: Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production is part of the
Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR) program. CAIR reports are
administered under NASS's Census of Agriculture program. Response to CAIR
surveys are required by law (Title 7, U.S. Code). Data are collected from all
known mills that produce ethanol.
The census universe was determined during operation profile interviews which
were completed for each potential facility to identify the presence of
ethanol production in 2014. During the operation profile, facilities that met
the survey criteria were asked for the nameplate production capacity. The
operation profile also documented the manner in which the firm will report. A
firm headquarters can report for all milling locations or each location can
report separately.
In the Dry Mill Producers and Wet Mill Producers survey questionnaires, mills
are asked for previous calendar month data on feedstocks consumed, products
and co-products produced. Mills are mailed questionnaires with the options of
completing the survey by mail or by Electronic Data Reporting (EDR). For
surveys not received in a reasonable amount of time, telephone follow-up is
conducted.
Estimating Procedures: Imputation is done for operations with non-response by
using historical data and current data relationships. Data for reporting
firms are added to estimates for non-reporting firms to obtain National
totals.
Revision Policy: Data are revised the following month based on late reports
or corrected data. Final figures are published in the annual summary of the
following year.
Reliability: Approximately 130 reports are received each month which
represent about 90 percent of total capacity. Monthly data can vary due to
different firms reporting month to month. Survey data are also subject to
non-sampling errors such as omissions and mistakes in reporting and in
processing the data. While these errors cannot be measured directly, they are
minimized by carefully reviewing all reported data for consistency and
reasonableness.
Information Contacts
Listed below are the commodity statisticians in the Crops Branch of the National Agricultural
Statistics Service to contact for additional information. E-mail inquiries may be sent to
nass@usda.gov
Lance Honig, Chief, Crops Branch................................................ (202) 720-2127
Chris Hawthorn, Head, Field Crops Section (202) 720-2127
Irwin Anolik - Crop Weather (202) 720-7621
Joshua Bates - Oats, Soybeans (202) 690-3234
David Colwell - Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (202) 720-8800
Michelle Harder - Barley, County Estimates, Hay (202) 690-8533
James Johanson - Rye, Wheat (202) 720-8068
Greg Lemmons - Corn, Flaxseed, Proso Millet (202) 720-9526
Becky Sommer - Cotton, Cotton Ginnings, Sorghum (202) 720-5944
Travis Thorson - Sunflower, Other Oilseeds................................. (202) 720-7369
Lihan Wei - Peanuts, Rice.................................................. (202) 720-7688
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