Grain Crushings and Co-Products Monthly Production

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

Released April 1, 2020, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA).

Highlights

January 2020 contained 31 days.
February 2020 contained 29 days.
Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was 481 million bushels in February 2020. Total corn consumption was
down 7 percent from January 2020 but up 7 percent from February 2019. February 2020 usage included 92.1 percent for
alcohol and 7.9 percent for other purposes. Corn consumed for beverage alcohol totaled 2.62 million bushels, down
3 percent from January 2020 and down 4 percent from February 2019. Corn for fuel alcohol, at 434 million bushels, was
down 8 percent from January 2020 but up 8 percent from February 2019. Corn consumed in February 2020 for dry milling
fuel production and wet milling fuel production was 90.0 percent and 10.0 percent, respectively.
Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was 1.82 million tons during
February 2020, down 7 percent from January 2020 but up 7 percent from February 2019. Distillers wet grains
(DWG) 65 percent or more moisture was 1.17 million tons in February 2020, down 15 percent from January 2020 and
down 3 percent from February 2019.
Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 281,160 tons during February 2020, down 9 percent from January 2020 but
up 12 percent from February 2019. Wet corn gluten feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 235,941 tons in February 2020,
down 9 percent from January 2020 but up 5 percent from February 2019.

Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed – United States: February 2020 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 ..................................................................

February 2019

January 2020

February 2020

(1,000 bushels)

(1,000 bushels)

(1,000 bushels)

2,740
402,894
367,273
35,621
6,157

2,699
469,463
422,564
46,899
6,776

2,617
433,862
390,458
43,404
6,809

37,285

40,462

38,197

Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed – United States: February 2020 with Comparisons
Purpose

February 2019

January 2020

February 2020

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

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

5,054

4,967

5,857

Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced – United States: February 2020
with Comparisons
Co-products and products

February 2019

January 2020

February 2020

(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 ..................................

109,504
132,627
336,464
1,691,758
1,213,815
427,761

121,740
151,162
358,478
1,950,153
1,387,512
476,126

101,367
148,853
328,113
1,817,805
1,173,501
469,444

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

56,218
250,857
77,454
224,333

68,154
308,081
93,097
258,481

63,305
281,160
88,021
235,941

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

221,058

216,915

211,775

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Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production (April 2020)
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 Crops Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact
for additional information. E-mail inquiries may be sent to [email protected].
Lance Honig, Chief, Crops Branch .................................................................................................................. (202) 720-2127
Chris Hawthorn, Head, Field Crops Section .................................................................................................... (202) 720-2127
David Colwell – Current Agricultural Industrial Reports ......................................................................... (202) 720-8800
Chris Hawthorn – Corn, Flaxseed, Proso Millet ....................................................................................... (202) 720-9526
James Johanson – County Estimates, Hay................................................................................................. (202) 690-8533
Jeff Lemmons – Oats, Soybeans ............................................................................................................... (202) 690-3234
Irwin Anolik – Crop Weather .................................................................................................................... (202) 720-7621
Chris Hawthorn – Peanuts, Rice ................................................................................................................ (202) 720-7688
Jean Porter – Rye, Wheat .......................................................................................................................... (202) 720-8068
Chris Singh – Cotton, Cotton Ginnings, Sorghum .................................................................................... (202) 720-5944
Travis Thorson – Barley, Sunflower, Other Oilseeds ............................................................................... (202) 720-7369

Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production (April 2020)
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

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