Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production
ISSN: 2377-3855
Released January 4, 2021, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA).
Highlights
October 2021 contained 31 days.
November 2021 contained 30 days.
Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was 481 million bushels in
November 2020. Total corn consumption was down less than 1 percent from October 2020 and
down 5 percent from November 2019. November 2020 usage included 91.9 percent
for alcohol and 8.1 percent for other purposes. Corn consumed for beverage
alcohol totaled 3.95 million bushels, up 20 percent from October 2020 and up
16 percent from November 2019. Corn for fuel alcohol, at 432 million bushels,
was down 1 percent from October 2020 and down 5 percent from November 2019.
Corn consumed in November 2020 for dry milling fuel production and wet
milling fuel production was 90.1 percent and 9.9 percent, respectively.
Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles
(DDGS) was 1.79 million tons during November 2020, down 2 percent from
October 2020 and down 5 percent from November 2019. Distillers wet grains
(DWG) 65 percent or more moisture was 1.08 million tons in November 2020, up
7 percent from October 2020 but down 20 percent from November 2019.
Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 295,358 tons during November 2020,
up 1 percent from October 2020 and up 9 percent from November 2019. Wet corn
gluten feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 230,611 tons in November 2020, down
6 percent from October 2020 and down 12 percent from November 2019.
Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: November 2020 with Comparisons
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Purpose : November 2019 : October 2020 : November 2020
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: 1,000 bushels
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Consumed for alcohol production :
Beverage alcohol .........................................: 3,406 3,301 3,952
Fuel alcohol .............................................: 456,660 434,167 431,661
Dry mill ...............................................: 413,477 389,346 389,016
Wet mill ...............................................: 43,183 44,821 42,645
Industrial alcohol .......................................: 6,198 7,053 5,911
Consumed for other purposes :
Total wet mill products other than fuel ..................: 40,433 38,286 39,121
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Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed - United States: November 2020 with Comparisons
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Purpose : November 2019 : October 2020 : November 2020
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: 1,000 cwt
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Consumed for alcohol production :
Fuel alcohol .............................................: 4,044 (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: November 2020 with Comparisons
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Co-products and products : November 2019 : October 2020 : November 2020
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: tons
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Dry mill :
Condensed distillers solubles (CDS - syrup) ..............: 99,399 87,708 73,803
Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) .....................: 159,852 161,205 165,852
Distillers dried grains (DDG) ............................: 316,390 377,960 372,899
Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) .............: 1,880,488 1,823,621 1,794,035
Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65% or more moisture .........: 1,348,281 1,008,841 1,077,107
Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) 40% to 64% moisture .: 458,120 409,030 421,779
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Wet mill :
Corn germ meal ...........................................: 63,073 43,242 53,825
Corn gluten feed .........................................: 272,089 293,793 295,358
Corn gluten meal .........................................: 90,102 108,844 108,624
Wet corn gluten feed 40% to 60% moisture .................: 262,089 244,618 230,611
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Dry and wet mill :
Carbon dioxide captured ..................................: 222,636 197,743 185,219
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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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