Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production

Grain Crushings and Co-Products
Production
ISSN: 2377-3855

Released February 1, 2017, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department
of Agriculture (USDA).

Highlights

November 2016 contained 30 days.
December 2016 contained 31 days.
Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was 529 million bushels in December 2016, up 5 percent from
December 2015. December 2016 usage included 91.8 percent for alcohol and 8.2 percent for other purposes. Corn total
corn consumed for beverage alcohol totaled 2.60 million bushels, down 23 percent from November 2016 and down
8 percent from December 2015. Corn for fuel alcohol, at
477 million bushels, was up 6 percent from November 2016 and up 6 percent from December 2015. Corn consumed in
December 2016 for dry milling fuel production and wet milling fuel production was 89.7 percent and 10.3 percent
respectively.
Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was 2.10 million tons during
December 2016, up 5 percent from November 2016 and up 8 percent from December 2015. Distillers wet grains (DWG)
65 percent or more moisture was 1.43 million tons in December 2016, up 12 percent from November 2016 and up
2 percent from December 2015.
Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 349 thousand tons during December 2016, up 13 percent from
November 2016 and up 3 percent from December 2015. Wet corn gluten feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was
279 thousand tons in December 2016, down 15 percent from November 2016 and down 9 percent from December 2015.

Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed – United States: December 2016 with Comparisons
Purpose

Consumed for alcohol production
Beverage alcohol .................................................................................................
Fuel alcohol .........................................................................................................
Dry mill .............................................................................................................
Wet mill ............................................................................................................
Industrial alcohol ..................................................................................................
Consumed for other purposes
Total wet mill products other than fuel ..................................................................

December 2015

November 2016

December 2016

(1,000 bushels)

(1,000 bushels)

(1,000 bushels)

2,807
451,306
401,242
50,064
6,479

3,361
451,660
407,479
44,181
6,489

2,595
476,934
427,830
49,104
6,108

41,724

(D)

43,272

(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.

Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed – United States: December 2016 with Comparisons
Purpose

December 2015

November 2016

December 2016

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

Consumed for alcohol production
Fuel alcohol .........................................................................................................

7,616

4,914

5,422

Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced – United States: December 2016
with Comparisons
Co-products and products

December 2015

November 2016

December 2016

(tons)

(tons)

(tons)

Dry mill
Condensed distillers solubles (CDS - syrup) .........................................................
Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) .......................................................................
Distillers dried grains (DDG) .................................................................................
Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) .........................................................
Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65% or more moisture ...............................................
Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) 40% to 64% moisture ..................................

134,196
130,652
423,632
1,941,708
1,398,280
442,448

126,968
147,336
423,892
1,995,252
1,277,248
389,038

138,747
143,942
442,824
2,096,513
1,428,635
434,337

Wet mill
Corn germ meal ...................................................................................................
Corn gluten feed ..................................................................................................
Corn gluten meal ..................................................................................................
Corn oil ................................................................................................................
Wet corn gluten feed 40% to 60% moisture ..........................................................

69,669
340,460
88,921
57,578
307,874

63,635
309,305
84,092
49,393
326,550

63,600
349,226
89,092
58,248
279,044

Dry and wet mill
Carbon dioxide captured ......................................................................................

211,352

213,244

201,534

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Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production (February 2017)
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

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 Environmental, Economics, and Demographics Branch of the National
Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. E-mail inquiries may be sent to [email protected].
Jody McDaniel, Chief, Environmental, Economics, and Demographics Branch ............................................ (202) 720-6146
Scott Shimmin, Head, Environmental and Demographics Section .................................................................. (202) 720-0684
Stephanie Brennan – Field Crops Chemical Use ...................................................................................... (202) 690-0392
Natasha Bruton – Current Agricultural Industrial Reports ........................................................................ (202) 720-7644
Courtney Charles– Current Agricultural Industrial Reports...................................................................... (202) 690-3226
Ryan Cowen - Farms, Land in Farms, Census of Agriculture................................................................... (202) 690-3233
Doug Farmer – Vegetable Chemical Use .................................................................................................. (202) 720-7492
Virginia Harris – Census of Agriculture.................................................................................................... (502) 582-5293
Megan Lipke – Census of Agriculture ...................................................................................................... (202) 720-5881
Dominique Sims – Census of Agriculture ................................................................................................. (202) 690-4752
Theresa Varner – Farm Labor, Chemical Use ........................................................................................... (202) 690-2284

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