Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production 2015 Summary

United States
Department of
Agriculture
National
Agricultural
Statistics
Service

Grain Crushings and CoProducts Production
2015 Summary
March 2016

ISSN: 2470-9913

2015 Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production
As part of the Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR) program, the 2015 Annual Summary of the Grain Crushings
and Co-Products Production contains data and annual totals for January through December 2015.
Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses for 2015 was 5.84 billion bushels. Corn for beverage alcohol in 2015
totaled 33.9 million bushels. Corn for fuel alcohol was 5.22 billion bushels in 2015. May 2015 was peak month for total
corn consumed.
Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was 22.3 million tons during 2015.
Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65 percent or more moisture was 16 million tons in 2015. Distillers dried grain (DDG) was
5.12 million tons in 2015.
Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 3.90 million tons during 2015. Wet corn gluten feed 40 to 60 percent
moisture was 3.63 million tons.
Dry and wet mill carbon dioxide captured was 2.50 million tons in 2015.

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Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed – United States: 2015
Purpose

January
2015

February
2015

March
2015

April
2015

May
2015

June
2015

July
2015

(1,000
bushels)

(1,000
bushels)

(1,000
bushels)

(1,000
bushels)

(1,000
bushels)

(1,000
bushels)

(1,000
bushels)

Consumed for alcohol production
Beverage alcohol .............................................
Fuel alcohol .....................................................
Dry mill .........................................................
Wet mill ........................................................
Industrial alcohol ..............................................

2,087
443,890
396,007
47,883
6,326

2,698
394,083
353,763
40,320
6,522

2,455
437,828
391,736
46,092
6,671

3,298
407,719
365,028
42,691
6,555

3,234
448,984
401,263
47,721
5,701

2,492
441,272
395,704
45,568
6,857

Consumed for other purposes
Total wet mill products other than fuel ..............

43,389

37,584

44,348

44,908

47,625

42,851

2,645
448,400
401,423
46,977
6,207

44,139
--continued

Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed – United States: 2015
Purpose

Fuel alcohol .....................................................

January
2015

February
2015

March
2015

April
2015

May
2015

June
2015

July
2015

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

(D)

-

(D)

(D)

(D)

-

See footnote(s) at end of table.

(D)
--continued

Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced – United States: 2015
Co-products and products

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 ...................................
Wet mill
Corn germ meal ...............................................
Corn gluten feed ..............................................
Corn gluten meal ..............................................
Corn oil ............................................................
Wet corn gluten feed
40% to 60% moisture ...................................
Dry and wet mill
Carbon dioxide captured ..................................

January
2015

February
2015

March
2015

April
2015

May
2015

June
2015

July
2015

(tons)

(tons)

(tons)

(tons)

(tons)

(tons)

(tons)

162,127
103,780
438,936

128,271
95,268
405,025

163,796
106,270
438,728

140,171
101,614
411,664

148,757
117,049
418,448

146,523
119,146
407,259

150,631
124,428
450,829

1,831,393

1,622,467

1,781,563

1,663,380

1,861,795

1,950,214

1,975,199

1,480,431

1,268,244

1,399,125

1,327,808

1,368,926

1,280,651

1,274,543

476,760

418,698

494,835

387,155

414,956

364,385

347,652

71,492
321,768
90,617
41,961

48,546
283,990
80,855
41,020

57,439
331,547
93,078
42,684

61,922
313,889
89,356
42,998

69,274
348,355
97,139
53,208

63,188
321,209
92,237
51,281

68,528
333,828
97,130
53,364

313,400

274,763

308,444

314,047

323,436

304,024

316,790

193,460

173,878

198,922

209,505

203,119

214,995

222,712
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Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed – United States: 2015 (continued)
Purpose

August
2015

September
2015

October
2015

November
2015

December
2015

Total
2015

(1,000
bushels)

(1,000
bushels)

(1,000
bushels)

(1,000
bushels)

(1,000
bushels)

(1,000
bushels)

Consumed for alcohol production
Beverage alcohol .........................................................
Fuel alcohol .................................................................
Dry mill ....................................................................
Wet mill ....................................................................
Industrial alcohol ..........................................................

3,129
445,718
398,222
47,496
6,336

3,478
425,916
382,208
43,708
5,673

2,599
440,383
395,298
45,085
6,687

2,970
433,903
387,777
46,126
5,576

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

33,892
5,219,402
4,669,671
549,731
75,590

Consumed for other purposes
Total wet mill products other than fuel ..........................

42,510

41,906

42,386

40,935

41,724

514,305

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

Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed – United States: 2015 (continued)
August
2015

September
2015

October
2015

November
2015

December
2015

Total
2015

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

Purpose

Fuel alcohol .................................................................

(D)

(D)

4,687

5,615

7,616

20,068

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

Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced – United States: 2015 (continued)
Co-products and products

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 ...............................................
Wet mill
Corn germ meal ...........................................................
Corn gluten feed ..........................................................
Corn gluten meal .........................................................
Corn oil ........................................................................
Wet corn gluten feed
40% to 60% moisture ...............................................
Dry and wet mill
Carbon dioxide captured ..............................................

August
2015

September
2015

October
2015

November
2015

December
2015

Total
2015

(tons)

(tons)

(tons)

(tons)

(tons)

(tons)

155,539
120,756
452,969

154,104
116,155
420,458

143,025
126,813
438,027

124,855
129,786
413,019

134,196
130,652
423,632

1,751,995
1,391,717
5,118,994

1,928,716

1,875,100

1,921,440

1,903,313

1,941,708

22,256,288

1,284,329

1,289,753

1,355,693

1,261,784

1,398,280

15,989,567

339,316

366,770

383,457

422,361

442,448

4,858,793

66,563
343,476
96,072
52,514

56,106
312,543
86,522
42,605

62,784
326,055
83,213
48,676

67,645
322,741
84,505
53,597

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

763,156
3,899,861
1,079,645
581,486

290,652

286,615

296,954

289,171

307,874

3,626,170

224,982

210,337

229,379

203,996

211,352

2,496,634

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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 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].
Troy Joshua, 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
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
Miste Salmon – Current Agricultural Industrial Reports........................................................................... (202) 690-3226
Dominique Sims – Census of Agriculture ................................................................................................. (202) 690-4752
Theresa Varner – Farm Labor, Chemical Use ........................................................................................... (202) 690-2284

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