Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production Annual Summary

United States
Department of
Agriculture
National
Agricultural
Statistics
Service

Grain Crushings and CoProducts Production
2019 Summary
March 2020

ISSN: 2470-9913

2019 Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production
As part of the Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR) program, the 2019 Annual Summary of the Grain Crushings
and Co-Products Production contains data and annual totals for January through December 2019.
Total corn consumed for alcohol for 2019 was 5.45 billion bushels, down 4 percent from 2018. Corn for beverage alcohol
in 2019 totaled 41.1 million bushels, up 16 percent from 2018. Corn for fuel alcohol was 5.33 billion bushels in 2019, down
4 percent from 2018.
Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was 22.6 million tons during 2019, down
5 percent from 2018. Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65 percent or more moisture was 15.7 million tons in 2019, down 3
percent from 2018. Distillers dried grain (DDG) was 4.30 million tons in 2019, down 7 percent from 2018.
Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 3.47 million tons during 2019, down 4 percent from 2018. Wet corn gluten
feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 2.95 million tons, down 5 percent from 2018.
Dry and wet mill carbon dioxide captured was 2.90 million tons in 2019, up 4 percent from 2018.

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Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed – United States: 2019
Purpose

January
2019

February
2019

March
2019

April
2019

May
2019

June
2019

July
2019

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

2,869
444,016
405,454
38,562
6,787

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

3,455
441,960
402,843
39,117
7,133

3,692
440,477
399,729
40,748
6,260

3,327
459,485
418,280
41,205
5,924

3,439
456,431
415,763
40,668
5,926

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

38,948

37,285

42,605

42,730

46,668

43,557

5,111
450,782
407,328
43,454
7,458

44,229
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Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed – United States: 2019
Purpose

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

January
2019

February
2019

March
2019

April
2019

May
2019

June
2019

July
2019

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

4,883

5,054

5,167

4,418

5,176

4,918

5,438
--continued

Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced – United States: 2019
Co-products and products

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

January
2019

February
2019

March
2019

April
2019

May
2019

June
2019

July
2019

(tons)

(tons)

(tons)

(tons)

(tons)

(tons)

(tons)

118,145
148,896
369,647

109,504
132,627
336,464

115,583
149,168
386,413

127,703
150,114
376,775

115,995
157,623
401,171

97,365
164,366
369,394

108,366
165,477
379,689

1,822,623

1,691,758

1,866,807

1,858,305

1,942,792

1,959,560

1,985,820

1,357,504

1,213,815

1,337,382

1,351,347

1,363,679

1,294,222

1,197,747

469,787

427,761

362,412

364,589

456,572

391,650

378,821

61,166
263,218
84,214

56,218
250,857
77,454

61,001
304,047
88,890

69,703
296,681
91,364

68,852
298,347
93,185

66,291
286,101
92,107

72,397
300,572
93,494

253,103

224,333

224,850

253,959

269,967

250,826

252,084

262,241

221,058

242,832

223,667

235,559

260,283

254,014
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Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed – United States: 2019 (continued)
Purpose

August
2019

September
2019

October
2019

November
2019

December
2019

Total
2019

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

3,341
454,633
410,749
43,884
5,929

3,300
405,685
365,513
40,172
5,327

3,195
439,116
396,666
42,450
6,324

3,406
456,660
413,477
43,183
6,198

3,239
479,214
431,514
47,700
6,804

41,114
5,331,353
4,834,589
496,764
76,227

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

43,906

39,683

39,577

40,433

40,958

500,579

Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed – United States: 2019 (continued)
Purpose

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

August
2019

September
2019

October
2019

November
2019

December
2019

Total
2019

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

6,115

5,127

4,054

4,044

5,341

59,735

Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced – United States: 2019 (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 .........................................................
Wet corn gluten feed
40% to 60% moisture ...............................................
Dry and wet mill
Carbon dioxide captured ..............................................

August
2019

September
2019

October
2019

November
2019

December
2019

Total
2019

(tons)

(tons)

(tons)

(tons)

(tons)

(tons)

95,690
163,646
336,043

102,911
142,861
286,849

93,867
150,112
348,762

99,399
159,852
316,390

101,158
165,210
388,156

1,285,686
1,849,952
4,295,753

2,014,491

1,788,730

1,871,852

1,880,488

1,908,251

22,591,477

1,282,770

1,217,873

1,296,708

1,348,281

1,403,875

15,665,203

409,285

398,844

447,475

458,120

493,170

5,058,486

61,915
306,375
90,513

64,059
289,797
86,423

51,988
293,890
87,589

63,073
272,089
90,102

68,957
306,318
93,644

765,620
3,468,292
1,068,979

261,243

208,645

233,348

262,089

257,381

2,951,828

266,355

253,981

241,014

222,636

220,510

2,904,150

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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 [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

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