Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production
ISSN: 2377-3855
Released February 1, 2021, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA).
Highlights
November 2021 contained 30 days.
December 2021 contained 31 days.
Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was 478 million bushels in
December 2020. Total corn consumption was down less than 1 percent from November 2020
and down 10 percent from December 2019. December 2020 usage included 92.1
percent for alcohol and 7.9 percent for other purposes. Corn consumed for
beverage alcohol totaled 3.72 million bushels, down 6 percent from November
2020 but up 15 percent from December 2019. Corn for fuel alcohol, at 430
million bushels, was down less than 1 percent from November 2020 and down 10 percent
from December 2019. Corn consumed in December 2020 for dry milling fuel
production and wet milling fuel production was 89.5 percent and 10.5 percent,
respectively.
Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles
(DDGS) was 1.78 million tons during December 2020, down 1 percent from
November 2020 and down 7 percent from December 2019. Distillers wet grains
(DWG) 65 percent or more moisture was 1.04 million tons in December 2020,
down 3 percent from November 2020 and down 26 percent from December 2019.
Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 309,298 tons during December 2020,
up 5 percent from November 2020 and up 1 percent from December 2019. Wet corn
gluten feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 220,505 tons in December 2020, down
4 percent from November 2020 and down 14 percent from December 2019.
Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: December 2020 with Comparisons
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Purpose : December 2019 : November 2020 : December 2020
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: 1,000 bushels
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Consumed for alcohol production :
Beverage alcohol .........................................: 3,239 3,952 3,716
Fuel alcohol .............................................: 479,214 431,661 430,440
Dry mill ...............................................: 431,514 389,016 385,193
Wet mill ...............................................: 47,700 42,645 45,247
Industrial alcohol .......................................: 6,804 5,911 6,331
Consumed for other purposes :
Total wet mill products other than fuel ..................: 40,958 39,121 37,948
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Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed - United States: December 2020 with Comparisons
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Purpose : December 2019 : November 2020 : December 2020
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: 1,000 cwt
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Consumed for alcohol production :
Fuel alcohol .............................................: 5,341 (D) (D)
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(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: December 2020 with Comparisons
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Co-products and products : December 2019 : November 2020 : December 2020
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: tons
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Dry mill :
Condensed distillers solubles (CDS - syrup) ..............: 101,158 73,803 76,199
Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) .....................: 165,210 165,852 159,032
Distillers dried grains (DDG) ............................: 388,156 372,899 364,532
Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) .............: 1,908,251 1,794,035 1,784,208
Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65% or more moisture .........: 1,403,875 1,077,107 1,040,667
Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) 40% to 64% moisture .: 493,170 421,779 434,562
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Wet mill :
Corn germ meal ...........................................: 68,957 53,825 47,715
Corn gluten feed .........................................: 306,318 295,358 309,298
Corn gluten meal .........................................: 93,644 108,624 113,754
Wet corn gluten feed 40% to 60% moisture .................: 257,381 230,611 220,505
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Dry and wet mill :
Carbon dioxide captured ..................................: 220,510 185,219 185,563
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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
Becky Sommer - Cotton, Cotton Ginnings, Sorghum......... (202) 720-5944
James Johanson - Barley, County Estimates, Hay........... (202) 690-8533
Greg Lemmons - Corn, Flaxseed, Proso Millet.............. (202) 720-9526
Jean Porter - Rye, Wheat................................. (202) 720-8068
John Stephens - Peanuts, Rice............................ (202) 720-7688
Travis Thorson - Sunflower, Other Oilseeds............... (202) 720-7369
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